Sentence examples for extensive rather from inspiring English sources

It was an indisputable Novel, but it was extensive rather than intensive.

But a shift to a much less fossil-fuel dependent agriculture would almost inevitably see that reverse with more extensive rather than intensive production.

Other human sciences necessarily abstract: their descriptive power is extensive rather than intensive, their descriptions thinner.

The other bus lines are based on an extensive rather than intensive service, with low-medium frequency lines and a very large service coverage.

This suggests that efforts to quantify Amazon forest biomass should be extensive rather than intensive; researchers should sample many geographically separate areas with a few plots each, rather than sampling a small number of areas more intensively.

Or as he puts it, poems aim for extensive rather than intensive clarity, conveying more rather than less information but without separating the images from each other, as would be aimed for in scientific or "logical" discourse (Meditationes, §§XVI XVII, p. 16).

This implies extensive research rather than quick-fire reportage.

In all three cases, the money came from extensive touring rather than sales of new music.

Why do you think The Times decided to provide such extensive coverage, rather than simply providing an obituary?

She had been sent draft passages of the report, which she described as "very poor", suggesting the delay was caused by a need for extensive rewriting rather than the Maxwellisation process.

After a period in which al-Bīrūnī undertook extensive travels or rather escapes from wars, and a constant search for patrons the entire domain of the Sāmānids fell under the brutal reign of Maḥmūd, son of Sebüktigin.