21.   Without gutters, all the water that falls on the broad expanse of your roof would be directed to a narrow strip right alongside the foundation of your house.

22.   Broad expanses of southern Illinois inundated last week were still submerged.

23.   In a way, nature has been helping it withstand open situations by not extending a broad expanse of leaf surface for the sun to shine and concentrate on.

24.   Tiananmen Square itself, a broad concrete expanse in the heart of the city, was quiet Thursday.