Adjective modifier

• clean: A clean sweep for the defense of the 70's!

• broad: Beautifully situated close to the broad sweep of Whitley Bay's golden sands... .

• grand: It invokes a vision of a grand sweep of time, a quest for meaning in the course of history.

• chronological: Here, objects are grouped in a broad chronological sweep to suggest the evolution of silversmithing and metalwork between 1970 and 2005.

Modifies a noun

• oar: In an opener to the regatta season, the LRGSBC senior sweep oar squad won all of their events.

• rowing: A coxswain is optional in most conditions, but is essential in eight-man sweep rowing.

Followed by a transitive particle

• away: They did not sweep away the stocks of liquor.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• along: They do not just get swept along by the current ( see The Tale of Three Project Managers ).

Noun used with modifier

• truancy: Graffiti removal teams helped clean up the area and a truancy sweep was also carried out.

• chimney: Also, ' Meeting a black cat or a chimney sweep ' is said to be good luck.

Preposition: in

• torrent: Fair play on land reform swept away in a torrent of prejudice.

Preposition: under

• carpet: There's profit in selling childcare, and so the very big disadvantages about it are swept under the carpet.

• rug: He said: The whole problem in Europe has been swept under the rug.