But there is no basis for the sweeping approach the government has adopted.

With flaps lowered, he took a long sweeping approach toward the runway.

Indeed, by the end of the 1990's, the sweeping approaches of the previous decades had been exhausted.

The sweeping approach may be generalised to higher dimensions.

Several airlines have sold nonrefundable tickets during special sales, but the new offer is the first sweeping approach any airline has tried.

Such a sweeping approach would have hurt the entrepreneurial sectors Americans most want to help.

A senior aide to a Senator who prefers a more sweeping approach said, "This is a drop in the bucket."

The Senate, more moderate, balked at a sweeping approach to discouraging civil lawsuits.

Overall, though, it is important to take a sweeping approach to the problem, and not just to focus on one aspect of it.

But such a sweeping approach might well be declared unconstitutional.