It did not, however, mean the end of local troubles directly related to the wider conflict.

There developed between them an ideological conflict too wide to bridge.

This made them the focus of a wider conflict between the people of Lewis, its owners, and the government.

However, they adopted the Senate's variation - a less rigid formula, but one more likely to stir wide conflict.

That could lead to civil war and a wider regional conflict, with such extremists getting hold of a nuke.

The request was denied, partly out of concern that a strike could spark wider conflict.

"Success depends upon winning Norway without provoking a wider conflict."

These were seen as being potential triggers for a wider conflict.

That perhaps the wider conflict between humanity and the Inhibitors was going to leave the settlement alone.

In their statement, the two leaders said they recognized that the current fighting was "dangerous and contains the seeds of a wider conflict."