wide-ranging investigation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwide-rangingandinvestigation
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wide-ranging
adjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/us/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/
covering ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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The 1991 report was the firstwide-ranginginvestigationof rules governing parliamentary questions since 1972.
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It was indeed a verywide-ranginginvestigationwhich covered most aspects of the dental services.
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Will he also make clear that in thiswide-ranginginvestigationthe specific subject of overcrowding will be dealt with?
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I have every confidence in him and in the fact that he will conduct a full andwide-ranginginvestigationinto that accident.
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I have in mind particularly ourwide-ranginginvestigationinto genetic engineering, or genetic manipulation.
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I am grateful to the members of the enquiry team for theirwide-ranginginvestigationand for their very careful consideration of the important matters remitted to them.
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I suggest that there is a need for awide-ranginginvestigationinto the availability and sources of timber and of estimates of consumption over the next twenty or thirty years.
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Finally, it will havewide-ranginginvestigationpowers.
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These accusations led to awide-ranginginvestigation.
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Interview and biomedical data were also collected from the cohort members to allowwide-ranginginvestigationof the causes and consequences of differences in cognition across the lifespan.
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He ordered awide-ranginginvestigationof all government contracts entered into by the previous administration to ensure these were above-board and directly advantageous to the citizenry.
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John's wide-ranging investigations took him into encounters with the body, in his use of the computer in choreography, and recently he compiled a report on computer representations of the body.
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It will have powers to conduct wide-ranging investigations, including on-site inspections, irrespective of whether a complaint or report has been made.
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