Preposition: of

• street: Wycombe District Council Litter We are responsible for the sweeping of streets and the removal of litter in the Wycombe district.

Preposition: in

• scope: Most jurisdictions have special privacy codes that are not as sweeping in scope.

Modifies a noun

• generalization: I must be very careful not to make sweeping, inaccurate generalizations.

• staircase: A sweeping staircase takes you to the first floor on which the public areas are located.

• generalization: This, I pointed out, was just a sweeping generalization.

• vista: The weather was balmy, the location idyllic; a narrow ribbon of road with sheer drops on either side, revealing sweeping vistas.

• driveway: Long sweeping driveway giving access to the detached double garage.

• bend: The old road from Alencon down to Le Mans through the sweeping bends under the trees is much more fun.

Modifying Another Word

• too: He means " fiction " which is too sweeping.

• rather: Ways of using ICT with the child are not made clear; instead, a rather sweeping statement is left for us to interpret.

• so: There were changes too - although not quite so sweeping - among the professional staff.

• now: Salmon believes viewers will also benefit from the overdue realism now sweeping sports TV.

• then: TO THE REAR: Of the house is a decked area and then sweeping lawned gardens with mature hedging, ornamental and deciduous trees.

• very: Developing a tort of group defamation which applied to races and religions would be a very sweeping extension of present English law.

Used with adjective complement

• come: There; try again, " said Ujarak, pointing to a flock of birds which came sweeping toward them.

• seem: My experience is limited in all areas, and some generalizations may seem sweeping, or even presumptuous.

• need: It is very worn and may also need sweeping.

• see: Over to the right, the M74 can be seen sweeping over the moor.

• make: I must be very careful not to make sweeping, inaccurate generalizations.

• go: In 869 A.D. , a merciless epidemic went sweeping through Kyoto.