When relied on "to support some exertion of federal control or regulation," the Commerce Clause permits "a very sweeping concept" of commerce.
For Mr. Mayne, the concept is the megastructure, a sweeping, usually horizontal building much favored by progressive architects in the 1960's.
Outside, a sweeping mountain view.
Oxford underwent a sweeping restructuring earlier this year.
For a few years before and after the first world war, it became a kind of movement concept, sweeping across Europe like a craze or a plague.
These examples point to the potential of what some are calling "solar suburbs". The concept is a sweeping one solar panels cover roofs, electric vehicles sit in garages, energy-efficient homes are outfitted with batteries to store electricity, and a smart two-way electricity system enables people to drive to work and discharge power from their electric cars at times of peak energy demand.
The resistance movement began in the 1940s and intensified in the 1950s and '60s, when civil rights as a concept was sweeping the globe, but it was forced underground as most of its leaders were imprisoned, and it did not regain strength until the 1980s.
The House next week is expected to endorse the concept of D.C. statehood as part of H.R. 1, a sweeping package of voting rights, campaign finance and ethics reform initiatives.
At its latest annual jamboree in Las Vegas – the ServiceNow Knowledge 15 convention – the company unveiled a concept of 'Everything as a Service', which might come across as a sweeping generalization to skeptics.
But they have a sweeping vision.
A sweeping novel of twentieth-century Poland.
