wide ramifications

collocation in English

meaningsofwideandramification

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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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ramification
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/ˌræm.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/us
/ˌræm.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃənz/
the possible results of ...
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(Definition ofwideandramificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is a question with wide ramifications the effect on the rates is not the only relevant consideration.
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The amendments raise issues that have wide ramifications.
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It is very important and it may have wide ramifications.
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There are wide ramifications that we should pause to consider.
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That is a questionable doctrine when one is considering passing a law which will have wide ramifications for the public in all its forms.
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A scheme of social security has very wide ramifications, for instance, the question of the medical service.
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This larger problem has wide ramifications, many of which have been under examination which is still proceeding.
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It is a subject which has wide ramifications.
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Such a transfer would have wide ramifications on the central role of local education authorities as one of the partners in the education service.
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The shutdown had enormously wide ramifications even before the disease affected the constituency itself.
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All these very wide ramifications of disability and the importance of providing for mobility have been included in the review.
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Nevertheless, because of its wide ramifications, we shall be critical of certain aspects affecting particular matters with which some of us are very closely connected.
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It has given many of us an opportunity to look at the problem and to see the wide ramifications which exist.
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This debate has wide ramifications for those in rural areas.
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However, the drafting is simple and the intention is clear, but with wide ramifications.
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We have to consider the problem in all its wide ramifications.
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Small it may look, but it has potentially wide ramifications.
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It has such wide ramifications that it is essential that it should be safe.
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One cannot make major changes in a scheme with such wide ramifications without some problems.
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