1.   The role of the teacher could be expanded to encompass the role of researcher.

2.   Although still music-intensive, it has expanded to encompass many other arts.

3.   Art expands to encompass new technologies.

4.   But they are also part of the rise of mass hip, as the news media expands to encompass seemingly every cultural corner.

5.   In recent years, Medicare has slowly expanded to encompass a small but growing number of preventive health care services.

6.   The Malaysian financial systemhas expanded to encompass Islamic banking and the International OffshoreFinancial Centre in Labuan.

7.   The program of Russian financial assistance, according to Lukashenko, may be expanded to encompass other Belarusian forces, Interfax reported.