Vast stretches of the shallow Persian Gulf waters have been filled, with hotels and office buildings occupying what were once marshes.

Vast stucco hotels stood on Fourteenth Street ....

Rangiroa ( meaning Vast Sky in Tuamotuan ) or Te Kokōta ( Hyades in Māori ), is the largest atoll in the Tuamotus, and one of the largest in the world ( although it is smaller than Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and Huvadhu in the Maldives ).

Ambitious plan for Government Center Garage site: Vast project calls for shops, housing.

Various themes recur ; notably the " Little Squelchy Things " which appear in a wide variety of guises and tend to be visual gags, though they may take part in the story ( for instance, James may trip over one ), and a constant scatter of winning lottery tickets, notes with a large sum of money on them, diamonds, gold bars, and bags with ' Vast Dosh ' written on them which James walks past yet somehow never manages to notice.

Vast labyrinth of corridors, expanded by the Wehrmacht, branches into all directions beneath the city and today nobody knows how many of them there are or where they all lead.

Vast amounts of money were taken in at all levels.

" Vast war arose between Aed and Toirrdelbach, the two sons of Ruaidri O Conchobair, after the death of Aed mac Cathail Chrodbeirg, for the younger did not yield respect to the elder ; so that all Connacht was ruined between them and turned into a continuous desert from Ballysadare southward to the River of the Ui Fiachrach, excepting only a small tract in Sliab Luga and Lucht Artig.

— The Solar Systems are not One Thousand Millionth Part Developed ; a Vast Field for the Observation, Investigation, and Reflection of the Students of all the Colleges in the World.

Vast patch of Coffee plantation attract a large number of visitors to Daringibadi all through the year.

Vast spraying programs conducted by `` technicians with narrow training and little wisdom '' are endangering crops and wildlife, Carl W. Buchheister, president of the National Audubon Society, said today.

Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories.

Vast swathes of forest covered the land, which would eventually be laid down and become the coal beds characteristic of the Carboniferous system.

Vast numbers of contract tablets, dated to the reigns of Hammurabi and his successors, have been discovered, as well as 55 of his own letters.

* Winnington, G. Peter ( 2000 ) Vast Alchemies: the life and work of Mervyn Peake.

Revised and enlarged in 2009 as Mervyn Peake's Vast Alchemies.

Vast industrialization was initiated, mostly based on the basis of preparation for an offensive war against the West – with a focus on heavy industry.

Vast destruction of the broad quartos of the early centuries of our era took place in the period which followed the fall of the Roman Empire, but palimpsests were also created as new texts were required during the Carolingian renaissance.

Vast shorelines make seafood a natural staple for people in this region.

Vast numbers have been seen upon battlefields.

Vast quantities of aluminium, copper, nickel and steel wire are employed for telephone and data cables, and as conductors in electric power transmission, and heating.

* Spring – Vast numbers of Indians move north to an encampment of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull in the region of the Little Bighorn River, creating the last great gathering of native peoples on the Great Plains.

Vast gravitational pressure compresses atoms so strongly that the electrons are forced to combine with protons via inverse beta-decay, resulting in a superdense conglomeration of neutrons.

Vast swathes of the county were devastated by this catastrophe, many areas becoming permanently depopulated.

Vast numbers of County Donegal's people emigrated at this time, chiefly through the Port of Derry.

Vast crowds greeted him everywhere.

Vast areas of outwash, a glacial plain formed of sediments deposited by meltwater at the terminus of a glacier, are covered by forests.

" Vast debts and reparations could only be repaid through gold, services or goods ; but the only items available on that scale were goods.

Vast differences between the former East Germany and West Germany ( for example, in lifestyle, wealth, political beliefs and other matters ) remain, and it is therefore still common to speak of eastern and western Germany distinctly.

Vast herds of buffalo romed in the areas, with buffalo hunters being headquartered at Fort Griffin.

Vast Soviet reserves allowed the rebuilding of lost armies.

Vast numbers of ex-military SMLE Mk III rifles were sporterised post-WWII to create cheap, effective hunting rifles, and the Lee-Enfield bolt system is used in the M10 and No 4 Mk IV rifles manufactured by Australian International Arms.

Vast majority of child labour is found in rural settings and informal urban economy ; children are predominantly employed by their parents, rather than factories.

Larger hotels may operate with an extensive management structure consisting of a General Manager who serves as the head executive, department heads who oversee various departments, middle managers, administrative staff, and line-level supervisors.

As the fire raged through the central business district, it destroyed hotels, department stores, Chicago's City Hall, the opera house and theaters, churches and printing plants.

At one time Herrin had 10 hotels, many clothing stores, grocery stores as well as department stores.

By statehood in 1907, downtown Stillwater was home to more than 50 buildings including several banks, churches, grocery stores, hotels, and department stores.

The department also inspects restaurants, hotels, campgrounds, day care centers, schools, and other public facilities where food is served, to ensure proper sanitation.

It has been frozen in time with, today, houses, department stores and hotels empty and looted, even to the tiles on bathroom walls.

Although the area immediately surrounding Shinjuku Station is home to hotels, department stores, specialist electronic and camera shops, cinemas, restaurants, and bars, the rest of the city is a mix of residential with commercial areas concentrated around railway stations.

Private railways also run a variety of other businesses, such as hotels, department stores and real estate.

Morzine is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France with panoramic mountain views, modern ski facilities and hotels and restaurants.

Tecún Umán's namesakes include a small town in the department of San Marcos on the Guatemala-Mexico border as well as countless hotels, restaurants, and Spanish schools throughout Guatemala.

Today the complex now includes several malls, each with its own shopping and restaurant arcades and cinemas ; three department stores, a number of hotels ; and the Ayala Museum, showcasing exhibits on Philippine history and art.

In the late 1920s transportation switched away from the railway but the industry continued to burgeon with many companies producing high-quality furniture ; McNeil Bros, specialised in board room and library fittings, Stevenson and Higgins made lift cages, which were fitted in many hotels and department stores, Balfours were for a number of years the main manufacturers of mantlepieces in Scotland, some were designed in the elegant style, and required the expert skill of woodcarvers.

It contains a mixture of upscale department stores, restaurants, high-end retailers, office buildings and hotels, and caters primarily to tourists and the affluent.

Many are located on the roofs of department stores and hotels.

It comprises twenty parking garages, five subway stations ( Osgoode station connects only to the Four Seasons Centre ), two major department stores, two major shopping centres, six major hotels, and a railway terminal.

Hotspots are often found at restaurants, train stations, airports, libraries, hotels, hospitals, coffee shops, bookstores, fuel stations, department stores, supermarkets, RV parks and campgrounds, public pay phones, and other public places.

There is a well stocked grocery store, several small department stores, a number of hardware stores, many restaurants, internet cafes, bars, banks, pool halls and hotels, a laundry, a bakery, and a coffin maker's workshop.