Sentence examples for were widened by from inspiring English sources

In the early 2000s, they were widened by a few feet.

Still, fissures between the large, industrialized nations and the developing countries that came to light during the leadership tussle and were widened by the Seattle debacle have been slow to close.

Using a specially designed stiff tool, the openings were widened by 0.06 mm on average, while the roundness and cylindricity errors were drastically reduced, especially at greater ball penetration depths.

To give the trucks more grip, the tires were widened by one inch to eleven.

Highway 402 was widened in the Sarnia area from four to six lanes due to extensive traffic backups from the bridge crossing towards the USA; the westbound lanes were widened by two lanes, while eastbound capacity remains unchanged.

The remaining boiler rooms were widened by 4 feet; to do this and maintain adequate underwater and coal bunker protection, the ships were made 3 feet beamier than the Delawares.

The commercial use of coated strip has been widened by two additional bath compositions.

The highway will be widened by between eight and 25 meters on each side of the road.

The split is widened by Mrs Plavsic's attacks on the two men for their alleged corruption and by the considerable popular support these attacks have brought her.

The Third Avenue section from 42nd to 51st St. is being widened by five feet on each side, and the old trolley tracks are being pulled up and scrapped.

The problem is that the stimulus money does not even begin to address the gaps in education financing that have been widened by the economic crisis.