widespread ownership

collocation in English

meaningsofwidespreadandownership

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widespread
adjective
uk
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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ownership
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ.ʃɪp/
the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofwidespreadandownershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With thewidespreadownershipof cars, it probably is.
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I greatly welcome the increased and morewidespreadownershipof motor cars that is taking place in this country.
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They include thewidespreadownershipof dishwashers and washing machines that add to discharges.
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The difficulty is to see how these two policies, of control of land use andwidespreadownership, can be co-ordinated.
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One point which has not been mentioned is that there iswidespreadownershipin almost all agencies and studios.
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It is clearly important to our democratic system to havewidespreadownershipof the electoral processes that we use.
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But this newwidespreadownershipof cars brings its problems as well.
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A small minority of people hold the majority of the share capital, and the remedy for this is to create a much morewidespreadownershipof equity shares.
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Will he therefore do all that he can to bring the date forward, in the hope that there will then bewidespreadownershipamong those who work in the industry?
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In terms of political theory, he deemphasized virtue (a core value of republicanism) and emphasizedwidespreadownershipof property (a key element of liberalism).
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It was certainly aided by thewidespreadownershipof the automobile.
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