vast stretch

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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stretch
noun
uk
/stretʃ/us
/stretʃ/
a continuous area of land ...
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It is avaststretchof water body expanding over an area of 29 km2.
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The area was avaststretchof common land, a lonely wasteland unsuitable for most forms of agriculture with scant population.
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Thevaststretchof fertile black soil of the district is known for bumper red gram and jawar crops.
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Throughout the rainy season a haor is such avaststretchof turbulent water that it is thought of as a sea, within which the villages appear as islands.
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Thevaststretchof white sand and the serene atmosphere, away from the crowd in the city, provide all the ingredients for relaxation and for spending an ideal evening.
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Through vast stretches of people's lives within any such system, the legal consequences of most facets of their behavior are clear-cut.
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In vast stretches of the borough there are no parking meters or parking restrictions.
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We have also seen algal blooms along vast stretches of the east coast which have contaminated shell fish.
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Bypasses and new construction providing vast stretches should, if less than twelve miles long in all, normally be kept free of stations.
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There are vast stretches of land with thinly populated areas, which it would be quite impossible for television even to attempt to cover.
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We are too apt to think of the vast stretches of agricultural land in the great new countries of the globe and to regard this country as agriculturally insignificant.
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Out on the vast stretches of the ocean, it is very difficult to keep track of time once leaving port.
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This has effected in secondary forests and vast stretches of open plains dominated by grasses.
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These adaptations occurred over vast stretches of time; they were not coordinated.
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Even though the route consisted of mostly vast stretches of desert with little to no resources, merchants still traveled it.
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The vast stretches of suitable waste lands with low fertility status extends scope for expansion of cashew cultivation and its allied industries.
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With an increase in population and their demands, vast stretches of land were either degraded or converted into unicrop areas, causing damage to the environment.
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Navigation across vast stretches of open water was no longer merely as daunting.
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Therefore, the coastal areas have many resources to support the needs of large armies and the moderate-to-hot climate makes the movement of forces across vast stretches of land very feasible.
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