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Bootstrap in-line form - need to change the width of several fields

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I am trying to create an input form  using Bootstrap and am using the IN-LINE FORM template. This works well for me, but the width of several fields in the form need to be increased. The documentation notes the following:

"May require custom widths Inputs and selects have width: 100%; applied by default in Bootstrap. Within inline forms, we reset that to width: auto; so multiple controls can reside on the same line. Depending on your layout, additional custom widths may be required."

So, it seems there is a way to change the width of some form fields, but I cannot figure out how to do this.  Below is the form as it now stands along with its code.  Hopefully someone can help.

Thanks


Form image with note on changes needed   
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <!-- Required meta tags always come first -->
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
    <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">

    <!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-y3tfxAZXuh4HwSYylfB+J125MxIs6mR5FOHamPBG064zB+AFeWH94NdvaCBm8qnd" crossorigin="anonymous">
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="container">
    <br><br>
  <form class="form-inline">
  

  
  
  <br><br>
  
  <div class="form-group" for="civilities">
  <select class="c-select">
  <option selected>Mme</option>
  <option value="Mlle">Mlle</option>
  <option value="M">M</option>
</select>
  </div>
  
  <div class="form-group">
    <label class="sr-only" for="Nom" >Nom</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="Nom" placeholder="Nom" >
  </div>
  
  <div class="form-group" >
    <label class="sr-only" for="Prenom" > Prenom</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="Prenom" placeholder="Prenom">
  </div>
  
  <br><br>
  <!--BELOW IS A REPEAT OF ABOVE WITH THE LABELS SUPRESSED AND REPLACED BY PLACEHOLDER-->
  
  <div class="form-group">
    <label class="sr-only" for="Adresse" >adresse</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="adresse" >
  </div>
  
  <br><br>
  
  <div class="form-group">
    <label class="sr-only" for="ZIP" >zip</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="ZIP" placeholder="ZIP" >
  </div>
  <div class="form-group" >
    <label class="sr-only" for="Ville" > Ville</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="Ville" placeholder="Ville">
  </div>
  
  <br><br>
  
  <div class="form-group">
    <label class="sr-only" for="mobile" >mobile</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="mobile" placeholder="Mobile" >
  </div>
  <div class="form-group" >
    <label class="sr-only" for="tel" > tel</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="tel" placeholder="Tel : Maison">
  </div>
  
  <div class="form-group" >
    <label class="sr-only" for="email" > Email</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Email">
  </div>
  
  <br><br>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label class="sr-only" for="Naissance" >Naissance</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="Naissance" placeholder="Naissance l'annee" >
  </div>
  <div class="form-group" >
    <label class="sr-only" for="nomresponsible" > nomresponsible</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="nomresponsible" placeholder="Nom Responsible">
  </div>
  
  <div class="form-group" >
    <label class="sr-only" for="exampleInputName3" > prenomresponsible</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="prenomresponsible" placeholder="Prenom Responsible">
  </div>
  
  <br><br>
  <label for="notes">Membre Notes</label><br>
<div class="form-group" >

  <textarea class="form-control" type="text" id="notes" rows="5"></textarea>
  </div>
  <br><br>
  <div class="form-group" >
  <button type="submit" class="btn-primary">Valider la mise a jour</button>
  
  </div>
  <!--<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send invitation</button>-->
</form>



</div>

    <!-- jQuery first, then Bootstrap JS. -->
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.2/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-vZ2WRJMwsjRMW/8U7i6PWi6AlO1L79snBrmgiDpgIWJ82z8eA5lenwvxbMV1PAh7" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
  </body>
</html>

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