wide recognition

collocation in English

meaningsofwideandrecognition

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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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recognition
noun
uk
/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
us
/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
agreement that something is true ...
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(Definition ofwideandrecognitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There iswiderecognitionthat biological age is more relevant to health and disease than is chronological age.
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There iswiderecognitionthat patient and client assessment by community nurses is central to the provision of high quality care.
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Since then, the method has gainedwiderecognitionin both the research and industrial communities.
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There iswiderecognitionin the western world of the need to plan for the growing number of older people who will require health or social care.
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There waswiderecognitionof the need for developing countries to pursue policies that would attract private investment and bank lending.
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There iswiderecognitionthat simple maintenance of the status quo is not the way forward.
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There is also a verywiderecognitionthat the establishment of a general teaching council would do a great deal to put matters right.
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I am glad to say that there has beenwiderecognitionof the advantages of this course.
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There is awiderecognitionthat simply expanding road provision cannot be a sufficient answer to growing demand.
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It reflects thewiderecognitionof the importance of the subject.
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I believe that there iswiderecognitionof the need for nuclear power.
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There is nowwiderecognitionthat the arrangements currently in operation are insufficient.
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There is, and has been,widerecognitionthat the suppementary benefits system is too complicated.
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There is among them, too,widerecognitionthat an international effort would be desirable.
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I think that they will meet their targets and that there iswiderecognitionof the importance of improving the number of ethnic minority officers in the police service.
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They have gainedwiderecognitionwith gamers, with whom these technologies have encouraged a revival of '80s and '90s gaming experiences.
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