wide-ranging inquiry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwide-rangingandinquiry
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wide-ranging
adjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/us/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/
covering ...
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inquiry
noun
uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofwide-rangingandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I see no reason, therefore, for awide-ranginginquiryof the kind suggested.
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Such awide-ranginginquirycould and should radically alter our approach to drugs and enable us to derive more benefit at less risk.
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This is awide-ranginginquiryand it is still too early to say when the commission's report may be expected.
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That is why we have announced that there will be awide-ranginginquiry.
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I take that to mean that it will be a fairlywide-ranginginquiry.
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It conducted what must have been the mostwide-ranginginquirythat has ever been carried out into this subject.
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I fully accept that this is awide-ranginginquiry.
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We look forward with great interest to the reports of theirwide-ranginginquiry.
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Obviously we want the inquiry to be a reasonable andwide-ranginginquiry, and we have no interest in participating in a whitewash.
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I see no merit in such awide-ranginginquiry.
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The committee conducted awide-ranginginquiryinto the management of blocks of flats.
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They are drawn so as to permit a thorough andwide-ranginginquiry.
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In other words, following an appropriate andwide-ranginginquiry, they will devise a contract which will assist the offender not to reoffend.
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We could have dealt with that in advance of somewide-ranginginquiry.
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It will be a comprehensive andwide-ranginginquirywhich will consider all the relevant factors that may have contributed to the incident.
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This is the time, and this is the issue, for such a prestigious,wide-ranginginquiry.
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It will be awide-ranginginquiry, but it will be carried out as a matter of urgency.
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Will she consider awide-ranginginquiryinto the whole future of public service broadcasting?
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Unfortunately, he felt unable to assist us with information about thewide-ranginginquirythat he is conducting at the moment.
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I should prefer for the moment to avoid the further delay of an enormouswide-ranginginquiryand instead to get on and produce the guidance.
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