11.   The explorer gazed across the vast Arctic expanse.

12.   The great explorers who crossed the vast expanses of the seven seas in small ships.

13.   He had not been here before and he was alarmed by the vast expanse of water that now stretched ahead of him.

14.   Although pitfalls lie ahead over Australia and the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean beyond, hopes for a successful completion of the transglobal flight were rising.

15.   And can it be deliberate that a vast expanse of sand dunes should so resemble the contours of a human body?

16.   And no matter what you expected before you got to this vast expanse of Southwest Texas, this place will surprise you.

17.   As the weather satellite peered through the vast expanse of clear skies over the Northeast Saturday morning, sinuous, thin fingers of grayish white outlined river valleys.

18.   At the edges of the vast ruined expanse, the small town that has risen to serve the rescue operation hummed with incessant activity.

19.   Bomber crews would face long distances to reach targets over vast expanses of hostile terrain and be under fire all the way there and back.

20.   A few PRI supporters walked dejectedly across its vast empty expanse, furling their PRI banners into tight rolls as they walked out to the street.