Widen example sentences

If this water later freezes, it would cause the cracks to widen.Economic growth widens opportunities and provides the resources needed to invest in human development.As mentioned earlier, the World Bank is entrusted with the task of economic growth and widening of the scope of international trade.The 'Smithsonian Agreement' in 1971, which widened the permissible band of movements of the exchange rates to 5 per cent above or below the new 'central rates' with the hope of reducing pressure on deficit countries, lasted only 14 months.Roads were widened, new railway stations came up, railway lines were extended, tunnels dug, drainage and sewers laid, rivers embanked.However, though there has been an effort by the government to widen the tax net and ensure better compliance, there have been fears that welfare expenditure may get reduced to meet the targets mandated by the Act.