Sentence examples for widespread though not from inspiring English sources

A widespread, though not universal, feature of the ceremony was self-mortification by some of the participants.

Widespread, though not ubiquitous, signs around the city urge drivers to "share the road" and give cyclists three feet leeway.

I don't mind the ink blots or lines used to indicate a book's status as commercial outcast — a widespread though not universal practice — but I always choose a copy with the mark on the bottom of the page rather than the top, so that once shelved the book effectively conceals its unwanted origins.

"Widespread, though not necessarily severe, capital needs" could lead to downgrades of one or several notches, the ratings firm said.

Additionally, we provide evidence that Borrelia miyamotoi, a relatively new emerging pathogen and agent of relapsing fever, was widespread (though not common) throughout the state in 2002.

We hypothesize that even short-term exposures to DEE may exert effects in peripheral organs via the pituitary-endocrine axis, which could lead to a more widespread (though not necessarily region-specific) pattern of adverse peripheral reactions.

The use of the chakras is widespread within Western Reiki, though not as much within Traditional Japanese Reiki, as it concentrates more on treating specific areas of the body after using techniques such as Byosen-hō and Reiji-hō, which are used to find areas of dis-ease (discomfort) in the auras and physical body.

Seasonal fattening might also be widespread among Malagasy prosimians, though not as marked as that found in the small-sized, heterothermous Cheirogaleids.

It's not all about gongs and honours, true, but Chipperfield's reinvigorated modernism, though not as widespread in the UK as it should be, is inspiring a generation of younger architects.

Consider also that castration has been in evidence for millennia, some of it as ritual ceremony (though not as widespread as the later custom of female genital mutilation) that contributes to the genesis of art.

It confirms Mr Benn's widespread appeal; though not a paid-up Blairite, he is certainly New Labour.