I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a big/broad/wide smile (= when you are very happy )
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She had a big smile on her face.
a big/large/wide gap
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There’s a big gap between the two test scores.
a big/large/wide/small mouth
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He had a big nose and a big mouth.
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Billy’s wide mouth stretched into a grin.
a broad/broad-based/wide curriculum (= involving a wide range of different types of subjects )
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The school provides a broad curriculum with a rich choice of learning opportunities.
a slight/gentle/wide bend (= that changes direction slightly or gradually )
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Ahead of us there was a wide bend in the river.
a vast/impressive/wide array
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There was a vast array of colours to choose from.
a wide audience
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an author who commands a wide audience
a wide belt
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Along the coast is a wide belt of sand dunes.
a wide entrance
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There was a wide entrance at the front of the building.
a wide/broad grin
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‘It was great!’ she shouted, with a wide grin.
a wide/broad range
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The Institute organises talks on a wide range of topics.
a wide/great/large variety
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They hold debates on a wide variety of topics.
a wide/large circle
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They now had a wide circle of acquaintances in the area.
a wide/large/big selection
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The museum shop offers a wide selection of items.
a wider debate (= involving more people or a more general discussion )
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We believe that there should be a wider debate on such an important issue.
a wider/broader outlook
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Education should give students a wider outlook on life.
a wider/broader perspective
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Searching through a variety of sources will give them a wider perspective on their subject.
a wider/broader/larger context (= a more general situation, set of events etc )
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It’s important to look at the story in the wider context of medieval Spain.
be scattered over a wide area
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Parts of the plane were scattered over a wide area.
be spread out over a wide area
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The town is spread out over a wide area.
be wide/fully awake (= completely awake )
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I'm never wide awake until I've had a cup of coffee.
broad/wide
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He was of medium height, with broad shoulders.
broad/wide/full etc spectrum
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a broad spectrum of environmental groups
came from far and wide (= came from many places )
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People came from far and wide to see the concert.
extensive/wide/widespread coverage
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Newpapers and magazines have wide coverage of diet and health topics.
large/wide/extensive
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She has a very wide vocabulary.
on a wide/broad/limited front
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Schemes of this kind enjoyed success only on a limited front.
round/wide
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The children gazed at the screen, their eyes wide with excitement.
the larger/wider society (= used when comparing a small group of people to society as a whole )
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The poor are part of the larger society, and programs must be there to help them.
the wider community (= the community of which a small group is a part )
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The sports centre is available to both the university and the wider community.
the wider implications (= affecting more people or society in general )
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What are the wider implications of this change in the law?
vast/wide/large etc expanse
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the vast expanse of the ocean
wide assortment
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a wide assortment of friends
wide boy
wide open (= completely open )
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All the windows were wide open .
wide open
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He was fast asleep with his mouth wide open .
wide open (= anyone could win it )
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The men’s race appears wide open .
wide readership
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They are hoping that the paper will have quite a wide readership .
wide repertoire
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a wide repertoire of songs
wide sweep
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the wide sweep of lawn
wide
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The margin should be wider.
wide/broad
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We crossed the wide River Rhone the following morning.
wide/broad
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We looked down on the wide valley below.
wide/broad/good spread of sth
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We have a good spread of ages in the department.
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a broad spread of investments
wider issues (= more general issues, that affect more people or things )
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This is a question that raises much wider issues.
wider recognition
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She deserves wider recognition.
wider significance
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The research dealt with one small group, but their conclusions are of much wider significance.
widespread/wide popularity (= with a lot of people, or in many places )
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Astrology enjoyed widespread popularity.
widespread/wide publicity
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The scandal had received widespread publicity.
widespread/wide/general support
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There is widespread support for the Government’s proposal.
wide/widespread/extensive consultation (= involving a lot of people, groups etc )
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Strong recommendations were made after wide consultation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
far
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During this same period a far wider survey had been undertaken of all the fifty-nine party cells in the Poltava guberniia.
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But they ignored the unthinking acceptance that Jeffries enjoyed among a far wider circle of students.
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Some, such as strategic planning or transportation, require far wider areas than others, such as housing or the Personal social services.
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So an illustration may offer far wider possibilities for the art director to achieve special effects and a distinctive style.
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But his indictment for his role in a series of crimes against his people has far wider repercussions.
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It intends to run far wider trials over the next three years.
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The range of creatures it contains is far wider than that found in rocks of a similar age at any other site.
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Our critical strategies can range far wider , and in doing so can take on a general character.
much
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The civil division of the Court of Appeal enjoys much wider powers to order a retrial than the criminal division.
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Rights of audience before tribunals are much wider as noted in chapters 12 and 13.
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I spoke about the much wider use of timetable motions.
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Pre-packed bulbs come in a much wider range of varieties but tend to be more expensive.
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This would prevent questionable findings influencing a much wider readership.
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The Bauer/southern Slav position on the national question, however, spread much wider than the Bund.
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Also, the range of participants is much wider than in the traditional market.
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This chordal range is much wider than many students tend to use.
too
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Be truthful Maggie - is 29 years too wide a gap to bridge?
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Was I too wide in the rear for his taste?
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And even in the forest there are ditches as deep as a man, and too wide to leap.
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On reflection, I think we made the nitrogen bands rather too wide .
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Vocabulary: too wide - too long - through inside - outside - next to - on top of - underneath.
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The generation gap here was too wide .
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Whose Tongues are for a Week supply'd From one poor Mouth that's stretch'd too wide .
very
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This is a very wide claim and one which potentially includes questions concerning the relationships between women, power and politics.
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I had some very wide eyes.
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The ventral arm plates are pentagonal nearly triangular with a very wide distal edge; the distal edge may project slightly midradially.
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From meteor studies we know that cometary meteors break up over a very wide range of dynamic pressures during atmospheric entry.
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On reading: I have very wide tastes.
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The families of a nation have an enormous collective purchasing power over a very wide range of products and services.
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We have a very wide press in this country, and we count that as one of our freedoms.
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Her complexion was pink and white and her eyes were very wide and of an astonishingly china blue hue.
■ NOUN
appeal
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After its first year it had the widest appeal of any soap opera.
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Treasury officials expect the securities to have wide appeal to investors, including individuals, pension funds and insurance companies.
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Power requires a wider appeal than that to mere sectional interest.
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The emphasis will continue to be on prod-ucts that gain the widest appeal and most acceptance within this group.
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Some of the approaches described below may have wider appeal to your values than others.
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In trying to craft a document with wide appeal , the drafters produced a softer tone.
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These types of music also have the advantage of a much wider appeal than jazz, a mainly middle-aged, middle-class interest.
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They have an enormously wide appeal .
area
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The small units based upon traditional settlements or rural areas were to be replaced by wider areas with larger populations.
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That would make decoys irrelevant, because the explosion would take out warhead and decoys alike over a wide area .
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The competitors are now drawn from a wide area and it has become sport orientated.
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Their secret lies in their enormously elongated toes, which spread their weight over a wide area of lily leaf.
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Wendy says that slowly but surely our name is taking hold in this wide area .
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The wide area covered by the enquiries was amazing.
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He says having been there, the crash isn't over such a wide area as we thought at first.
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They also destroyed roads, power lines, and sugar and cotton mills over a wide area .
array
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Clearly no government can legislate for such a wide array of circumstances, let alone attempt to enforce such legislation.
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Constant mulling had left Father Vic afflicted with a wide array of nervous tics, small flinches and exasperated sighs.
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The wide array of central controls has necessarily created tension between central government and local councillors.
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Now the gluttonous diner has a wide array of eateries from which to choose.
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There was a lively trade in most of the decorations and the wide array of aeronautica offered.
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Despite historical predictions to the contrary, we remain vulnerable to a wide array of new and resurgent infectious diseases.
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The book includes a wide array of misguided movie reviews.
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But defenses, especially weapons, now offered a wider array of choices.
audience
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Curtis, who rates an above-average 32, seems like the better choice to appeal to a wider audience .
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The series of four concerts aims to bring classical music to a wider audience , although the tickets aren't cheap.
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There is a chance his Christmas music will find an even wider audience .
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Dave Thomas, spokesman for the band, said it was a good opportunity for the band to reach a wider audience .
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Businesses and publications are leaving on-line services for the Internet as a way to reach a wider audience .
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Through these channels the contemplative ideals developed in monastic communities found a wider audience .
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This book therefore sets out to win over a much wider audience to the beauty and importance of ferns and their allies.
berth
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Now motorists are threatening to give Shell pumps a wide berth .
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The chil-dren sensed his tension and gave him a wide berth .
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And villagers walking past gave the gathering a wide berth , and spat in disgust with disparaging comments.
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People shuffle past, giving us a wide berth .
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Ssamois with polenta the centrepiece of the Menu Gastronomico Valdostano, so I gave that a wide berth .
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His father was taking a wide berth around the Sisters, wider than Ezra decided he might have done.
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We gave the crashing waves off Rubha Dubh Tighary a wide berth as the force 5 picked up from behind.
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Sandie gives her a wide berth .
choice
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Each provides a wide choice of sailing and non-sailing activities.
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Nottinghamshire is proud to offer its thousands of guests the highest standards and widest choice of accommodation.
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In the following exercises the situation is known, but there is a very wide choice of subject.
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The Brewhouse Theatre offers year-round entertainment and a wide choice of restaurants make your mouth water.
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Public rooms include a lounge, two bars, and restaurant offering a wide choice of carefully prepared food.
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There is a buffet breakfast and a wide choice of main courses at dinner, plus a salad buffet.
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Mature students will enjoy a wider choice of courses.
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Today over 200 stalls offer a wide choice of merchandise.
community
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And the wider community is denied the opportunity to deal with the issue compassionately.
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The belief that the handbook is scientifically grounded does not remain confined to its authors but spreads to the wider community .
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I think of this with particular reference to the local community and the wider community.
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In turn the profession would articulate philosophy and justify efforts and achievements with confidence to the wider community .
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The application to the wider community brings us to the purpose of our gathering in this place dedicated to unity.
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And to catch out those in the financial and wider communities who encouraged them to do so.
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I've also used my web site to make a number of resources available for the wider community .
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Many industrial activities impose external effects, usually detrimental ones, on the wider community .
context
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In a wider context a quantity of labour will be forced into the sectors of the economy where there is less rigidity.
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It adds up to a picture of a man in a wider context that just as a fighter pilot.
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All organisations exist within some wider context and we would expect an organisation's culture to reflect this.
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The change depended upon changes in the wider context of controversy, which provoked the development of formerly implicit attitudinal aspects.
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And they Learn how to place their learning in a wider context .
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Such arrangements have to be seen in a wider context .
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The emphatic assertion of individual control over health exerted in some of these accounts can be looked at in a wider context .
gap
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Without major oil and gas discoveries, there will be a wide gap between demand and supply.
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The senator faced an especially wide gap among voters younger than 30 and older than 60.
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He came to a wide gap which had been trodden into mud by cattle.
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But there is, indeed, still a wide gap in the use of flexibility.
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He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible.
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But when the national polls are a wide gap , the country is pretty likely to follow.
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Philip Edwards is believed to have suffocated when the 14-inch wide gap caved in.
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The offshore wind was coming hard as usual through the wide gap between the warehouses on the Surrey side.
implication
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The action is likely to have wide implications .
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Again, the seemingly trivial was to have wide implications .
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Rakovsky forced himself to be calm, to consider the wider implications .
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But this development has wider implications .
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Even so, Sir Matthew admitted that the wider implications of the weak housing market on the industry were hard to quantify.
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Finally, we will address the wider implications of our reflections on the research process.
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Churchill himself was interested not only in this but also in the wider implications of nuclear developments in the 1950s.
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The Central Committee was already considering the wider implications of the Unity Campaign.
issue
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It is clear, however, that Beveridge paid scant attention to these wider issues .
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This point raises a wider issue of some importance to the evaluation of Rawls' procedure.
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But from where I stand, it is the wider issue of transparency that really counts.
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But wider issues are at stake.
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The second innovation is more interesting and raises wider issues .
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The wider issue at stake is the philosophy behind Labor's current problems: the corporatist approach to government.
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It also relates to much wider issues such as the abuse of monopoly power, exploitation and poverty.
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For him, critical writing has to take up wider issues than enjoyment of a picture or a sculpture.
margin
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Each volume is beautifully produced, on thick paper with wide margins and a general air of elegance.
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But voters are preferring other candidates to Gramm by wide margins .
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This beats even the great Bobby Fischer by a wide margin .
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The initiative passed by a wide margin , but initial court rulings have enjoined its enforcement.
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It allows for artists and historians to explore in the wider margins works and strategies neglected or dismissed by modernism.
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So far, its return has outpaced the Gfund and Ffunds by a wide margin .
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Articles for the press should be written with double spacing and wide margins .
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Leave wide margins on both sides of each page.
mouth
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She, that person, had a wide mouth , with plump lips, like cushions.
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The cauldron was lying on the floor, its wide mouth gaping at her like a cannon.
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Far ahead he could see a sloping ramp that led up to a wide mouth gaping into a busy street.
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They were particularly striking set in his narrow face with its wide mouth .
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He looked at her wide mouth , the full lips that kissed him so often and so lusciously.
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When she smiled, her wide mouth pushed her cheeks into a series of tiny wrinkles like those in crepe paper.
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Her wide mouth , emphasized with her scarlet lipstick, parted in a glowing smile.
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The wide mouth of Yell Sound, leading to Sullom Voe opened up to port.
open
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The race is now wide open .
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There, my own history cracked wide open .
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The snap showed Jennifer with eyes closed and mouth wide open .
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Leave the window wide open in winter; turn off the airconditioning in summer.
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Turning the corner into Polly's road, Jack noticed suddenly that the door to her house was wide open .
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The champ took a dive, hit the deck, and split wide Open .
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His eyes were wide open , but he was, apparently, dead.
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I will say this only once and I hope your cars are wide open .
range
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This is a far wider range of goods and services than those covered in the Retail Price Index.
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The program Chip was running included counselors and tutors and provided a wide range of services.
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A wide range of music is studied from the Middle Ages to Beethoven.
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Vefa claims a wide range of lavish holdings, such as a shipping line and distilleries.
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For instance, personality variations account for the wide range of reactions towards a salesperson.
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Because there is such a wide range of substances there are many ways they can be misused.
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Clearly artists working in several media have a wide range of references.
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Wonderful shows and wide range of general entertainments and attractions.
selection
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Provide a wide selection , making sure there are lots of different colours, flavours and textures.
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To see a video, consumers would pick one from a wide selection and would be billed later.
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Mrs Massey has a wide selection of machines and is very involved with machine knitting in Nottingham.
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Most art shops offer a wide selection of mounting card in a variety of colours and thicknesses.
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A wide selection of cars are available, and all manufacturers try to include a range to suit varying disabilities.
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Dietary fibre is provided by a wide selection of easily available and palatable foods.
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Epicure has a wide selection , from fruits and nuts to preserve and biscuits.
sense
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Political action in its widest sense will determine which we make a reality.
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Government in the widest sense , including our masters in Brussels.
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It is always difficult to know whether one's perceptions of success constitute progress in a wider sense .
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Cost is used here in its widest sense involving payment of fees, loss of earnings, loss of time and so on.
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It is for this reason that in this book I ordinarily use kinship in its wider sense .
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Accountability, in its widest sense refers to the responsibility for your actions to some one else.
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This acceptance of medical treatment in its widest sense is subject to the requirement not to accept transfusions of blood or blood derivatives.
smile
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Paul looked surprised to receive a wide smile of welcome from Stephen when he entered the office.
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Then she smiled the wide smile which lifted her ears toward her hair.
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Mandru was staring right at him, a wide smile stretching his face into ropes of muscle.
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The guy laughed, wide smile dotted with gold teeth.
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He breaks into a wide smile , and a dried bogie snowflakes from his nose down to the ground.
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He put the receiver back and created, forcing his lips to perform, a wide smile .
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He paused to speak to the surprised group and their wide smiles of acknowledgement started the day off well.
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She has a flat, round face with eyes close together and a wide smile .
spectrum
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My daily Radio Column covered a wide spectrum of programme interests, a large part of which was concerned with local broadcasts.
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His campaign never caught on with a wide spectrum of the electorate.
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Never before has such a wide spectrum of organisations made such a call.
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His benign middle-class credentials were supposed to attract a wide spectrum of supporters, but he was merely a figurehead.
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Transend are continually looking for shareware that spans a wide spectrum .
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Their leaders covered a wide spectrum .
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Part of that has to do with the wider spectrum of entertainment competing for our attention.
variation
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Solids exhibit a wide variation in rigidity.
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Not surprisingly, the studies of caffeine tolerance and withdrawal have found wide variations in subject responses.
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That's the national picture; but between farms and regions there's wide variation in yield.
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But there is wide variation among Internet providers in cost, features, software, reliability and customer service.
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Several authors have described wide variations in the number of night visits, which have proved difficult to explain.
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There was wide variation in the students' responses.
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The second column also shows that there is a wide variation between regions in the proportion of exports to foreign debt.
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The standards could accommodate a reasonably wide variation .
variety
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In fact the anti-gold mining struggle has shown an ability to utilize a wide variety of cultural weapons in its campaign.
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Houseswapping, once mainly the province of teachers on extended leaves, now attracts a wide variety of travelers.
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It opens up opportunities to supply a wide variety of users with information which is timely, accurate, significant and relevant.
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This is happening on several continents and involves a wide variety of disciplines.
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The companies which make up the P&O Group operate in a wide variety of fields on a world-wide basis.
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Already, a wide variety of borrowers, from top-rated Merck&038;.
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The alternatives are designed to cater for a wide variety of abilities in S5.
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In addition, there is a wide variety of ships smaller in scale and more intimate.
world
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And if it was not, what in the wide world was it?
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And his very best friend in the whole wide world is a rabbit.
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Hardly anybody in the big wide world has heard of us, let alone been influenced by our lives.
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We could certainly be a stronger presence in the wider world .
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He knows little about economics or the wider world .
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All of these abilities equip children to move out from their families and into the wider world .
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It stands for a fastidious aesthetic sense of something having turned out wrong in the wide world .
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Many children of leading ministers took advantage of the wider world their fathers' success had opened for them.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a broader/wider/larger canvas
cast your net (far and) wide
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I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
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We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
cast/spread your net wide
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Furse spread his net wide, but it did not sink deep.
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I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
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It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.
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Later that afternoon the police, who had been diligently searching certain caravans on Turpin's Field, spread their net wider.
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We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
far and wide
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A topic like this resonates far and wide.
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And Jaq would spread the hydra far and wide.
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Class embers came from far and wide - a dedicated crew.
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Her torso shattered, showering live embers far and wide.
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Northampton was another elegant county town and regional market centre and was known far and wide for its horse fairs.
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Prosperity came to Knock, as pilgrims came from far and wide; and Father Cavanagh kept his ears.
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The-billowing smoke of the bonfire swirled those fragments far and wide over the earth.
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We had flung ourselves to the wind, and it had taken us far and wide.
off the mark/wide of the mark
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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wide experience in government and business
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a wide leather belt
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a wide necktie
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Coles gained wide publicity after predicting the earthquake.
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How wide is the door?
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The doorway wasn't quite wide enough to get the piano through.
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The girl led me down a wide corridor into a large office.
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The river is very wide .
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Wreckage was spread across a wide area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also remarkable are the paintings, geometrically designed rooms and wide variety of nearly 200-year-old china and silver.
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Far ahead he could see a sloping ramp that led up to a wide mouth gaping into a busy street.
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His campaign never caught on with a wide spectrum of the electorate.
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Simply ideal for families it has direct access on to the beach and offers a wide range of holiday activities for children.
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Table 3. 2 provides individual estimate for gaseous coal seams with the geometric mean used wherever a wide spread is given.
II. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
awake
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In an instant Fabia was wide awake and, with a drumming heart, she put on the light.
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As the train slid slowly into Asansol station, Brother Mariadas, suddenly wide awake , shook me out of my reverie.
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The hedgehog caper had somehow affected his pattern of sleep and he was wide awake at six, with nowhere to go.
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After an hour, though still wide awake , I crimped the page and turned off the light.
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Bright green lizards were scuttling over a clump of tree-roots twice as tall as Alan, and he was wide awake .
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Miles and Evan are so wide awake , it is exhausting.
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When he came to bed, hours later it seemed, she was wide awake .
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Jack was wide awake , in his red silk pajamas and red silk robe.
open
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Got to do this with our eyes wide open .
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It leaves them wide open for dismissal by anybody with a basic knowledge of debating tactics.
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He would lie there quietly, eyes wide open , taking from her skin what he needed.
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As I drew level with the two vehicles I saw that Carla's front door was wide open .
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By building a computerized society, the United States has left itself wide open to electronic attack.
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Antoinette's eyes flew wide open , like a doll's.
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This was the moment when she elected him, with her eyes and her heart wide open , knowing what she did.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a broader/wider/larger canvas
cast your net (far and) wide
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I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
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We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
cast/spread your net wide
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Furse spread his net wide, but it did not sink deep.
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I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
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It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.
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Later that afternoon the police, who had been diligently searching certain caravans on Turpin's Field, spread their net wider.
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We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
deep-set/wide-set/close-set eyes
far and wide
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A topic like this resonates far and wide.
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And Jaq would spread the hydra far and wide.
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Class embers came from far and wide - a dedicated crew.
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Her torso shattered, showering live embers far and wide.
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Northampton was another elegant county town and regional market centre and was known far and wide for its horse fairs.
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Prosperity came to Knock, as pilgrims came from far and wide; and Father Cavanagh kept his ears.
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The-billowing smoke of the bonfire swirled those fragments far and wide over the earth.
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We had flung ourselves to the wind, and it had taken us far and wide.
in the whole (wide) world
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You're my best friend in the whole wide world!
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A toast to Bernie-the worst stockbroker in the whole world!
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All current affairs in the whole world of lamentable war and strife needed to be weighed in this balance.
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And his very best friend in the whole wide world is a rabbit.
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I am not responsible for all the smuggling in the whole world.
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I thought it was the most beautiful spot in the whole world.
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There may be more bacteria in and on you as you read this than there are human beings in the whole world.
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There must be one woman in the whole world to whom he could tell the truth.
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You are my favourite person in the whole world.
off the mark/wide of the mark
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Wilton hit the ball high and wide .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From a tap penalty the forwards drove in short bursts, and then took the ball wide to Joe Roff.
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Gabriel had the window wide open and was standing there looking down at him.
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Miles and Evan are so wide awake, it is exhausting.
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Sisson hooked the kick wide left.
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The championship race is wide open.
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The driver swung wide around my car and paused, apparently activating an automatic garage door.
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The night being unseasonably warm, most of the windows were wide open.