adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
far-reaching changes (= important and having a great effect that will last a long time )
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The Internet has brought about far-reaching changes in the way we work.
far-reaching consequences (= important and affecting many things )
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The new law is sure to have far-reaching consequences.
far-reaching implications (= causing things to change in an important way )
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The cuts in social security benefits had far-reaching implications for ethnic minorities.
far-reaching/sweeping reforms (= reforms that affect many things or have a great effect )
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The new government instituted a series of far-reaching reforms.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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However, out work carries immense potential, even more far-reaching than our own lives.
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For knowledge of different worlds helped them to see challenges' with better, more far-reaching perspectives.
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This led to developments in both music and the Liturgy which were probably more far-reaching than the Council Fathers anticipated.
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But other organisations supporting traditional woodland management have more far-reaching objectives in mind.
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The connection between this form of critique and freedom is more far-reaching still.
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Only surrounded by an even more far-reaching particular manifestation of life, such a thing as the expression of sorrow or affection.
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The changes of the 1980s were more far-reaching than those of the 1930s.
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The study also suggests that there may be even more far-reaching effects of low fares.
most
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The most far-reaching omission was the lack of any firm commitment to a policy for integration.
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The most far-reaching change could be a cut in the capital gains tax.
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This means he must look for what had the most far-reaching effects.
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As Secretary of the Treasury you planted the seeds for the most far-reaching tax reform in our history.
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This, the most far-reaching of the bill's proposals, would have resulted in the prohibition of over 300 pesticides.
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New Labour, by contrast, has embarked on the most far-reaching programme of constitutional reform attempted in this country this century.
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We have not discussed what may well be the most far-reaching effect of the physical side of our courtship.
■ NOUN
change
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It has been paralleled by far-reaching changes in the ways in which politicians seek to influence their electorate.
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But it also has some serious drawbacks, especially during times of far-reaching change .
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Young people were already feeling insecure because of the far-reaching changes going on around them and the uncertainties about the reform programme.
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The most far-reaching change could be a cut in the capital gains tax.
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This is not surprising, since the effects of the industrial revolution were at this time causing far-reaching changes in society.
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But in the past twenty years there had been two far-reaching changes .
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In one area Tanucci did aim at far-reaching change .
consequence
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Virgo: an unexpected outing could have far-reaching consequences , bringing romance into your life.
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Sectorisation had especially far-reaching consequences for Railfreight.
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Debate over the far-reaching consequences of the attempted confiscation action should not die with their acquittal.
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It was a defeat which was to have profound and far-reaching consequences for state medical regulation of sexuality.
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When this appears to happen literally the child may feel a guilt that can have far-reaching consequences .
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The constituency agitation had far-reaching consequences .
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The disintegration of the left's main power-base will have far-reaching consequences .
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Failure to communicate successfully will have far-reaching consequences - bad reviews, the need to repeat a class.
effect
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This means he must look for what had the most far-reaching effects .
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This radical break with tradition had far-reaching effects on the tone and substance of the poetry.
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Nevertheless it can have a far-reaching effect on the lives of those identified as known or suspected abusers.
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We have not discussed what may well be the most far-reaching effect of the physical side of our courtship.
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The study also suggests that there may be even more far-reaching effects of low fares.
impact
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But either way, its offering of a database engine will have an enormous and far-reaching impact .
implication
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The outcome will set a precedent with far-reaching implications for the whole restitution process.
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That could have far-reaching implications for the country.
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Much of this reflects the entrenched acute-service bias of the National Health Service, and major change would have far-reaching implications .
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Monkey business A legal case in Los Angeles County may have far-reaching implications for the rights of our closest non-human relatives.
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These different views of who the clients are also have far-reaching implications for how we organise the delivery of care.
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Important innovations were introduced by the 1919 Act, which were to have far-reaching implications .
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This strange argument has far-reaching implications for understanding Freud's theory as being a social one.
reform
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Among his many far-reaching reforms , Gorbachev effected a transfer of power from Communist Party to executive presidency.
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The new government provoked widespread rebellion by instituting a series of far-reaching reforms in a brutal and disorganised manner.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a far-reaching law on environmental protection
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The court's decision will have far-reaching implications for the health care industry.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As Secretary of the Treasury you planted the seeds for the most far-reaching tax reform in our history.
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Debate over the far-reaching consequences of the attempted confiscation action should not die with their acquittal.
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New Labour, by contrast, has embarked on the most far-reaching programme of constitutional reform attempted in this country this century.
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The effect of these changes will be far-reaching and transport will, in many respects, be at the sharp end.
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Usually though, to make far-reaching decisions correctly and capitalise on opportunity, vital intelligence is essential.