wide availability

collocation in English

meaningsofwideandavailability

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wide
adjective
uk
/waɪd/
us
/waɪd/
having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in comparison with the length of something; ...
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availability
noun[U]
uk
/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/
us
/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the fact that something can be bought, used, or reached, or how much it ...
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(Definition ofwideandavailabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For theirwideavailability, web-based configuration assistants are valuable in fields such as electronic commerce and information services.
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It recognises the argument forwideavailabilityof sport.
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It is quite obvious that today's world provides awideavailabilityof signs, codes, images and sounds that can be combined in endless ways.
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In view of thewideavailabilityof information, no survey has been deemed necessary.
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One of the many problems is thewideavailabilityof video cassettes.
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However, thewideavailabilityof such schemes helps to reassure older people that they can apply for assistance.
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It found that the introduction of lead-free petrol withwideavailabilityis proceeding at a relatively slow pace.
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That has resurfaced in a similar form to encourage thewideavailabilityof accessible, easy-to-use equipment.
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If there werewideavailability, and disorder, it would not be easy to obtain an exemption the next time round.
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It is important therefore that there should bewideavailabilityof generic medicines throughout the country and that the market should operate efficiently.
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Main advantage was very low price andwideavailability(sulfonates were originally waste byproducts).
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This is seen even within groups where there is awideavailabilityto bilingual education services.
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This is in contrast to thewideavailabilityof assumable mortgages in the past.
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The album is among her most well-known due to itswideavailability.
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These technologies can also benefit from thewideavailabilityof the mobile telephony network.
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One cannot assume that the sporting bodies would reject an excessively high bid for the rights to broadcast in favour of thewideavailabilityof the event.
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Nevertheless, there is now awideavailabilityof drink from supermarkets, especially to young people, and that was not the case 10 or 15 years ago.
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We must all be sensitive to the primary needs of security, although thewideavailabilityof information can assist in tracking down people on occasions such as this.
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It may seem churlish to criticise those involved, but when thewideavailabilityof alcohol is combined with a recently passed driving test, the consequences can he terrible.
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The algorithm is also fast in practice due towideavailabilityof fast implementations for matrix-vector products.
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It is thought that thewideavailabilityonline of information on each new variety has helped fuel this boom.
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There is an under-estimation, at least by the draftsmen, of the size of the business in household medicines, of their general usefulness to the community and theirwideavailability.
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