"expand on the statement" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want someone to provide more information or elaboration on a statement. For example, "Please expand on the statement that you made in your essay about the importance of a good education."
Ronald Weichert, a Deutsche Bank spokesman, declined to expand on the statement.
Mr. Zaher said he could not expand on the statement, as the matter could lead to future litigation.
Unfortunately, the store has refused to expand on the statement, to say when T-shirts first went on sale or how many have been sold.
To expand on the statement regarding HGF as a poor prognostic factor, MET is the HGF receptor and increase in MET gene copy number is associated with poorer survival through more aggressive tumour biology, higher tumour stage and histological grade [81,104,105].
Turner writes that the Shirelles "launched [the girl group] genre", noting that their early work already included "the essence" of the genre; Alwyn Zak expands on the statement, noting that the influx of female groups started after the success of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow".
QUESTION FROM TIM: Can you expand on this statement: The White House has made clear it believes that in Yemen abrupt change must be avoided, even at the cost of Yemeni lives.
Authors' response: In the revised MS, we present new analyses and discussion to expand on the previous statements.
The observational data are, in this article, used to contextualize and expand on the participants' statements as they appeared in the interviews.
This is obviously not true, and on Thursday, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt gave Trump the chance to expand on that statement: "I know what you meant.
A Labour Party spokesperson said "Lord Ahmed is no longer suspended from the Labour Party" but would not expand on that statement.
Quincy Krosby, a market strategist for Prudential Financial, said the markets appeared to have interpreted recent weak economic data as presenting an opportunity for the Fed chairman to clarify his options and expand on the Aug. 9 statement.
