1.   Vast stretches of white sandy beaches, most of them empty of people, fringed by coconut palms and mangroves.

2.   When the river is low, vast stretches of sand are laid bare.

3.   When the tide goes out, vast stretches of sand are laid bare.

4.   ...Afrikaner farmers who own vast stretches of land.

5.   The ancient temple was surrounded by vast stretches of impenetrable jungle.

6.   Although both New York and Washington are competing for a playoff berth, there were vast stretches of empty seats in the building, which opened last season.

7.   But if Grand Forks has come back to life, it remains, like many places in the vast stretches of the Great Plains, an economically troubled place.

8.   But that deal did not include a vast stretch of wilderness like the Whitney property.

9.   But the property is in the middle of a vast stretch of BLM land.

10.   But there are vast stretches of countryside that leave the dividing line porous.