1.   Many parts of the estuary have been designated sites of special scientific interest and the government is bound by international treaties to protect large stretches of it.

2.   But the Great Gazoo, who has been absent for large stretches of this adventure, is about to intervene.

3.   But the overriding impression is one of large stretches of forest, carved by rivers and streams and punctuated by small towns and villages.

4.   Industrial development along large stretches of both rivers has contributed towards deforestation.

5.   It is on large stretches of undeveloped public and private land in the West that the lion has flourished of late.

6.   Large stretches of hot, dry land were adapted to irrigation, and refrigeration revolutionized the transport of wine.

7.   Officials have been wondering what to do with that large stretch of tar.

8.   Security Management Corp. in Miami, the centerpiece of his private real estate empire, owns large stretches of oceanfront property in the Miami area.

9.   The nuisance weeds choke off acre after acre, essentially walling off large stretches of shoreline access.

10.   There were large stretches of areas that the street lights were out.