11.   These include large stretches of ocean and much of the developing world, where radar coverage tends to be restricted to large cities.

12.   While the virus is thought to be nonexistent in large stretches of the Chinese countryside, it is spreading wildly in border areas where intravenous drug use is common.

13.   Years of high water have also killed large stretches of trees that serve as rookeries.

14.   A large stretch of the road was blocked by a landslide that choked the main road into the region.

15.   A hurricane warning was issued Wednesday for a large stretch of the Mexican Gulf coast.

16.   Barge and ferry service was suspended on large stretches of the Rhine, which spilled over onto promenades and meadows downriver in cities like Bonn and Cologne.

17.   Businessmen returning from the free-trade zone report large stretches of empty plots lacking basic infrastructure.

18.   Chains were required for large stretches of snowy and icy highways in the north.

19.   China and Vietnam have conflicting claims to large stretches of the South China Sea.

20.   Furthermore, for a large stretch of their captivity the National Commission on Human Rights did not exist.