1.   The island looms larger until we sight its famous landmark, the Abbey - grey, formidable, not at all picturesque.

2.   Tragedy looms larger than farce in the United States today.

3.   What are possibly the rubbish heaps of Our Mutual Friend loomed even larger in fact than they do in fiction.

4.   Although Kubrick has always done much better at the hands of critics, it seems to me that Spielberg will ultimately loom larger in film history.

5.   Although the prospect of climate change looms ever larger, the meeting in The Hague gives governments a chance to craft a sensible response.

6.   And Big Ideas loom even larger if they are found in Low Things.

7.   And as Les Bleus kept advancing and the stakes got higher and his mates stopped scoring, Barthez simply loomed larger.

8.   And as times changed, evil loomed larger.

9.   And a cold wet rock long at the edge of history will suddenly loom larger on many maps.

10.   And even though nobody believed in his character, Hillary loomed larger than ever.