Preposition: of

• discretion: The ambit of discretion Worse, both judgments end with a particularly unhelpful observation.

• regime: Interestingly, this project was determined to be one that did not fall within the ambit of the environmental assessment regime.

• regulation: Note: The broken line in the diagram above denotes the general ambit of regulation by the Rail Regulator.

• rule: How does one determine whether a situation is within the ambit of a rule?

• legislation: The Government's stated commitment is to extend the ambit of employment protection legislation to cover ' workers ' .

• section: The other subject of possible dispute is the ambit of section 111(4 ).

Converse of object

• widen: The Trade Marks Act 1994 has widened the ambit of protection significantly.

• exceed: It so far exceeded the reasonable ambit of his discretion on quantum as to be plainly wrong.

• extend: Dr. Gall said: " Unions have worked successfully to extend the ambit of union recognition.

• have: The proposed new law would have a very wide ambit.

• restrict: The social context clearly constrains the teacher's freedom of choice and action, restricting the ambit of the teacher's autonomy.

• consider: It is therefore necessary to consider the ambit of the adjudicator's powers.

Adjective modifier

• generous: His careful and well-reasoned decision was well within the " generous ambit " within which reasonable men might differ.

• wide: The proposed new law would have a very wide ambit.

• general: Note: The broken line in the diagram above denotes the general ambit of regulation by the Rail Regulator.

• narrow: And to escape the narrow ambit of my own life and see what other people are up to.

• lofty: It all began when the workers at the Kellogg factory in north Wales decided on the lofty ambit... Life after Wylfa?

• restricted: As was stated in Factortame, section 20 must be given a " restricted ambit " because of its penal nature.