The phrase "broad part of" is technically grammatically correct and can be used in written English, but it may not be the most common or natural way to express an idea.
It may be more common to say "major part of" or "large part of" instead. Example: The first section of the report covered a broad part of the company's financial performance, while the second section focused on specific areas of growth.
The broad part of the prison population is called "population".
That, too, dried a broad part of the southern tier of states into leather and remains a record breaker.
All of this matters because Laverne defines herself as a broadcaster, and the "broad" part of the word is important to her.
Calvin Klein's cK T-shirts, Starbucks coffee, basketball shoes designed as if for the space program, sushi in the Grand Union -- these were tokens of conspicuous quality for a broad part of the population.
You can also pour ice-melting pellets into stockings or pantyhose, tie a thin rope to the improvised pack and toss it onto the broad part of the roof.
The service has also revised its map of areas affected by the earthquake, based on more than 11,500 reports from readers of the U.S.G.S. Web site who felt tremors across a broad part of North America.
It would "open a new horizon of hope as well as trust among broad parts of the Israeli public".
He portrays geeks and squares with great affection, sapping bit or broad parts of their unkindness, and brings a kind of heedless pride to stupidity and ineptitude.
Some conservation groups say the plan would relax protections too soon and would declare victory before wolves have recolonized broad parts of their old range.
For now, there is little indication of what will replace the vacuum left by Colonel Qaddafi's authority in broad parts of the country other than simmering anarchy.
In his nearly 12 years in office, Mr. Whelan presided over the redevelopment of broad parts of the old, blighted commercial areas in shore from the glitter of the Boardwalk and the casinos that front on them.
