The phrase "a narrow approach" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a limited or restricted method of thinking or acting regarding a particular issue or topic.
Example: "The committee's decision was based on a narrow approach that failed to consider alternative solutions."
Alternatives: "a limited perspective" or "a restricted viewpoint".
Analytical jurisprudence, an approach to theorizing about law, has sometimes been confused with what the American legal realists (an influential group of theorists prominent in the early decades of the 20th century) called "legal formalism"—a narrow approach to how judges should decide cases.
In the AAT decision deputy president Stephanie Forgie took a narrow approach to defining personal information.
One participant warned of a narrow approach to careers advice and guidance that focuses solely on higher education at the expense of other opportunities such as apprenticeships or other vocational courses.
The theory then goes like this: to survive, these teams must play in a low-risk – preferably no-risk – manner, limiting themselves to a narrow approach specifically geared to the avoidance of defeat.
By reversing both convictions, the appeals court appears to have adopted a narrow approach to whether computer source code has been stolen when it was only downloaded for use by a competitor.
The so-called people's pope, as he has become known in the US media, cited Moses and Jesus in warning against a "narrow" approach to faith – a coded rebuke to official sticklers in the Vatican, the US and elsewhere in advance of next month's synod on the family in Rome.
But other lawyers have urged caution, arguing that the government could win with a narrower approach.
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama may have to choose between insisting on a comprehensive bill or setting aside the carbon cap for a narrower approach focused on new energy sources.
He suggested a narrower approach, such as applying the one-year waiting period only to a retiree's last district, limiting interim appointments to one year and requiring school districts to show that hiring a retiree saved money.
