11.   But instead of establishing a vast colonial empire as others have done, the nation has used its military, economic and diplomatic might to protect other nations.

12.   But the cold truth is that Macintosh sales are little more than a rounding error in the vast Windows empire.

13.   Clearly, the happiness of his children was secondary to his vast empire.

14.   Come to think of it, another tiny island was once eclipsed by its vast empire.

15.   D. the vast thoroughbred empire of Wimp-Free Stables.

16.   Did Philip II lose his vast empire to his obsession with petty details?

17.   For Kimbrell, that dream is a nightmare, with everyone in it a vassal of a vast corporate empire.

18.   Giuliani likes to look down on the city, taking sentimental stock of his vast empire with its skyscrapers, bridges and surprising lack of people.

19.   He was especially fascinated by the ability of such a small nation to control and apparently subjugate a vast empire containing millions of people.

20.   He transformed the obscure colonial farming and mining company into a vast empire, Lonhro Group, which controlled automobile franchises, sugar plantations and oil pipelines across Africa.