Those in Dorset were situated near expanses of fertile land.
When she first gets off the plane in Antarctica in "Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole," she feels a little dizzy (the altitude), but takes a good look at the expanse of ice and snow and announces: "Total peace and quiet.
By the end of the day, I'd had a good look at the Badlands, an expanse of buttes and ravines carved more than half a million years ago by the Little Missouri River, and covering thousands of square miles — a vista more majestic, it occurred to me, than several lifetimes' worth of truck commercials.
Good thing Ryan Church, who will patrol that expanse for the Mets this season, has a sense of humor.
Two hours before the start, a good natured crowd was steadily filling the expanse in front of the stage.
On a warm, sunny November day, it was still a construction site, bustling with workers revealing its very good bones: soaring ceilings, huge windows, vast expanses of creamy white marble.
North south caravan routes fed into and supplemented the east west movement of goods, connecting northern India with Central Asia and Central Asia with the entire expanse of the Eurasian Steppe from Hungary to Manchuria.
But because there is only so much space and a concern about cluttering the Mall's signature green expanses, the planning commission has to be good at saying no and at offering alternatives.
This year, after causing massive traffic tie-ups that Houstonians bore for the most part with good will, the trail riders encamped in the huge green expanse of Memorial Park.
Among many important things I learned from him was, during an interview, to always sit forward in my seat and to never wear short socks - an expanse of bare, white leg is never a good look on TV.
