31.   Except for a narrow coastal strip and some higher areas, most of South Florida at one time belonged to the Everglades, environmentalists say.

32.   Far below, that narrow strip of beach appears so tiny and defenseless.

33.   Every summer, thousands of birds from as near as Washington state and as far as Antarctica alight upon the narrow strip of tundra to bear their young.

34.   First, they tore each scrap into narrow strips that they could weave along with bast fibers.

35.   He sometimes belted the jacket with a narrow strip of leather and at other times simply cut the jacket to follow the lines of the body.

36.   Heat should help, but what often happens is that you pull off a bit of plastic and it divides itself into a long narrow strip.

37.   In a narrow strip along the highway, new factories manufacture textiles, ceramics, plastics and aluminum plate.

38.   In Japan and China, consumers prefer their Post-its as small narrow strips instead of larger horizontal pads.

39.   Nearby, a large van parked on the road by the narrow grassy strip enjoys a steady flow of people through its side door.

40.   Only narrow strips of private land stretch out along those roads, with national forest land engulfing the remainder.