21.   Large stretches of green rice fields disappeared under brown flood water.

22.   Large stretches of farm land were devastated, aggravating its already chronic food shortages.

23.   Large stretches of green rice fields disappeared under brown floodwater.

24.   Large stretches of rocky earth had been carved out for the foundations by midmorning.

25.   Large stretches of streets leading to the rented hall were blocked off by police and those entering the area were checked for proof of residence.

26.   Severe flooding buried large stretches of farmland under mud and gravel last summer.

27.   Ship traffic was suspended on large stretches of the river.

28.   The Bosnian government and Croat allies took large stretches of western Bosnia from them, and peace talks began that eventually led to the signing of the Dayton agreement.

29.   The rebels, fighting to oust the government, control large stretches of the interior.

30.   TV footage showed large stretches of rice fields underwater and cars swept away in flood water.