21.   Surveys show surging rates of infection among sex workers, truck drivers and migrants workers who are transmitting the disease in wider areas in many of the countries.

22.   The bombings were largely concentrated on a single ridge line on Friday, but were spread out over a wider area on Saturday.

23.   The damage also seems limited to around the river mouth and not over a wider area as would be expected for an earthquake, Stanley said.

24.   The Framingham researchers cautioned against extrapolating findings from one community to a wider area.

25.   The growth came as cellular phone companies scrambled to expand their telephone service to wider areas within Japan.

26.   The next goal, Smith said, is to search for more samples of early plant samples over a wider area of Mexico and throughout the Americas.

27.   Then we set off on a long, hot trek, first by foot and later covering a wider area by bike, in search of groceries.

28.   Two helicopters were sent over the area while Texas Rangers, spread out to search a wider area, began converging on the site.

29.   Tornadoes can and do, of course, strike in a much wider area.

30.   When sediments are churned up by natural forces, the PCBs move over a much wider area.