The phrase "a very widespread" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is common or prevalent in a particular context or area.
Example: "The use of smartphones has become a very widespread phenomenon in modern society."
Alternatives: "a highly prevalent" or "a very common".
"It's a very widespread perception," said Richard Bready, managing editor of the Microsoft Encarta Dictionary.
Clive Goodman, the NotW reporter, has been made the scapegoat for a very widespread practice.
The case is being supported by the End Violence Against Women Coalition, whose acting director, Sarah Green, said: "This is a very widespread and serious problem.
The leader of the center-left Democratic Party, which supports the Monti government, called for more measures to fight tax evasion, a very widespread problem in Italy.
As such, it is a very widespread phenomenon, one that can be observed in animals ranging from single-celled protozoans to humans.
"There is a very widespread wish to avoid the topic unless you are an author who can make some money out of it".
In fact, it's just a very, very widespread opinion, not to mention another example of Westerners thinking they know best.
Notably, these agents represent old drugs with different marketing penetration: a high and very widespread use for olanzapine, a lower but considerable consumption in many Countries for amisulpride and a marketing authorization limited to a few countries for cyamemazine (only in France and Portugal).
The rails are a large and very widespread family, with nearly 150 species.
The picture that emerges is one of forests far from equilibrium, with both growth and mortality rates having risen and with a persistent and geographically very widespread difference between the two that implies a carbon sink into mature forests across the whole region.
So it was a pretty vast conversation, very widespread.
