Sentence examples for initially widening from inspiring English sources

Doing too little too late, and doing too little too late by choice, the administration's own moderation helped rekindle that of its Republican rivals, closing down the actual political options it faced by not initially widening those options with sufficient speed and determination.

For example, the introduction of cervical smear targets for UK general practices in 1990 resulted in practices in affluent areas rapidly achieving the highest targets, initially widening the health inequality gap.

The hole is initially widened to line it up and finally drilled off to the finished size.

Network Rail initially suggested widening the viaduct and demolishing part of the market, but the public backlash against this plan prompted Network Rail to consider permanently routing all Thameslink trains to/from Brighton via Herne Hill, avoiding London Bridge and the market.

Cell wall openings are formed, initially by widening of pre-existing plasmodesmata, followed by controlled breakdown of the plant cell wall in these regions.

Even Kuwait is tackling the bidoun; there was a parliamentary enquiry into the issue in 2006 and a promise, this year, to begin widening citizenship, initially to a mere 2,000 people.But a 1961 convention on reducing statelessness has been signed by just 34 countries, most recently by New Zealand, Rwanda and Brazil.

Because a common effect of smoking marijuana is to get dilated pupils, the animators initially suggested to widen them, but settled on only dilating Homer's pupils slightly.

Opera is already working on widening its content reach in Africa — it initially began on general news and sports — and it has adopted a similar approach in other parts of the world.

As the hacking scandal continued to widen, Mr. Cameron initially stood by Mr. Coulson, saying he believed that Mr. Coulson was telling the truth about the extent of his knowledge of the affair.

The size distribution of the multiple water drops initially narrowed and then widened again, whereas the size distribution of internal oil droplets continuously narrowed with time until it reached a constant value.

Suspended-sand-transport rates were initially relatively high immediately downstream from the Morelos Dam release point, but decreasing discharge from infiltration losses combined with channel widening downstream caused a rapid downstream reduction in suspended-sand-transport rates.