1.   The Chinese proposed dumping hundreds of tons of sand on the vast plaza, turning it into a faux Malibu.

2.   The vast plaza just outside the city walls, the Mercado Grande, was closed to pedestrians by a fence and full of workmen in hard hats.

3.   While most buildings in the old parts of Jerusalem are crammed together, the Dome stands in regal isolation in the center of a vast plaza.

4.   Police stopped and questioned foreigners before allowing them onto the vast plaza and followed them as they walked around.

5.   Plainclothes police darted across the vast plaza to quell the separate acts of civil disobedience by small groups of sect members.

6.   At pedestrian underpasses and crosswalks leading to the vast plaza, police checked identification papers and searched bags.

7.   But it caused police to increase their usually heavy patrols on the vast plaza in central Beijing.

8.   Dozens of police patrolled the vast plaza, stopping passersby to check their identification.

9.   Dozens of police patrolled the vast plaza, stopping passers-by to check their identification.

10.   Hundreds of uniformed police and plainclothes security officers patrolled the vast plaza and its immediate surroundings.