broad canvas

collocation in English

meaningsofbroadandcanvas

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broad
adjective
uk
/brɔːd/us
/brɑːd/
very ...
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canvas
noun
uk
/ˈkæn.vəs/us
/ˈkæn.vəs/
strong, rough cloth used for making tents, sails, bags, strong ...
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(Definition ofbroadandcanvasfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbroad canvas

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The articles cover the usualbroadcanvasof interests.
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This is a commendable piece of scholarship which argues something genuinely new by mixing an impressivelybroadcanvasand a fascinating wealth of detail.
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Governance is therefore a concept with abroadcanvasand the capacity to address large as well as small questions.
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Readers should be aware, however, that the subtitle is a better description of the book's scope than the title itself, for it covers a verybroadcanvasindeed.
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User research is abroadcanvas, and a useful way of sub-dividing it is to distinguish between project-specific research and research into principles of more general application.
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That is the type of situations that some people think can be dealt with by using a broad brush on a verybroadcanvas.
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Post-school education provides us with a verybroadcanvas, as the speeches have proved.
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That was thebroadcanvasagainst which today's debate took place.
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We have had a good debate, which has spread across abroadcanvas, as we would have expected after the events of last weekend.
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His comments thus fell far short of what we expected in respect both of thebroadcanvasand of the detailed draft proposals.
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This is a debate when we paint abroadcanvas.
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I have tried to cover a verybroadcanvasin a comparatively short time.
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The terms, "subject to policy objectives"and"in case of need" present a fairlybroadcanvas.
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Limited time is available to the debate, which covers abroadcanvas, as has been acknowledged.
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As other speakers said, my noble friend had a verybroadcanvason which to paint.
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I merely paint thebroadcanvas, while he is responsible for the details.
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He painted abroadcanvasfor us which stimulated the wide-ranging and constructive debate that we have had so far.
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That was intended to give the impression that we should go further, and now we are going further with thebroadcanvas.
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What, then, does thebroadcanvasof the political situation in the world show concerning political trends in the context of the balance of power?
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I should like to say a few words about one aspect of thebroadcanvasagainst which the debate has taken place.
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