Sentence examples for widened in recent weeks from inspiring English sources

Moreover, the field of candidates under serious consideration appears to have widened in recent weeks.

It has widened in recent weeks to touch several well-known figures with African ties.

A rift between Mr. Catterson and federal prosecutors has widened in recent weeks.

Mr. Phillips said many investors did not take much notice until the scope of the inquiry widened in recent weeks.

Chancellor Alistair Darling told parliament that the scheme "is a further step in our efforts to tackle these problems, which have widened in recent weeks, with the increasing cost and decreasing availability of lending by banks and building societies".

That would enable it to make substantial reductions in its deficit, which has widened in recent weeks as the government has cut taxes and duties for the middle class and farmers ahead of federal elections set for April and May.

The spread between the cost of borrowing for governments and that for banks has widened sharply in recent weeks.

The spread had widened considerably in recent weeks as investors have become more risk averse, helping to drive up the mortgage interest rates that lenders charge home buyers.

They have been dusting off old headlines about the break-up of the single currency, after the gap widened dramatically in recent weeks between Germany's bond yields and those that Italy and Greece were offering on government debt.

The divergence has widened in recent years.

That edge has only widened in recent months.