The phrase "a far broader problem" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an issue that is more extensive or complex than initially perceived.
Example: "While we thought the issue was limited to our department, it turns out to be a far broader problem affecting the entire organization."
Alternatives: "a much larger issue" or "a significantly wider concern".
Mr. Xu's ordeal exemplifies far broader problems in China's psychiatric system: a gaping lack of legal protections against psychiatric abuses, shaky standards of medical ethics and poorly trained psychiatrists and hospital administrators who sometimes feel obliged to accept anyone — sane or not — who is escorted by a government official.
"We have to take a far broader approach to the problem than we are at present.
Mr. Carey expressed concern that internal committees within the troubled agency were being set up to review problems when a far broader overhaul of the agency's management was still needed.
A senior state educator said the problem was similar in some respects to a far broader series of mistakes uncovered in 1999, which confounded parents and mistakenly sent 9,000 New York City youngsters to summer school.
Investigations into accounting problems at Adelphia Communications are turning up a far broader number of questionable transactions between the company and its controlling family than had been apparent at first, an executive close to the situation said yesterday.
Now that national politicians have taken on problems such as graffiti and noisy neighbours, "crime" has become a far broader category: more important to voters, if the pollsters are to be believed, than health or education.
The findings shows the impact housing problems have on people's overall life happiness – not just their happiness with their home, so provide a far broader look at the impact of housing conditions on individuals and communities.
Mr. Paterson's task force had recommended a far broader array of changes, including a major expansion of psychological and substance abuse counseling — the vast majority of children in state custody have drug or alcohol problems, developmental disabilities, or mental health problems — and shrinking the state's juvenile prison system, replacing large facilities with a network of smaller ones.
