In great pre-dusk 'rafts' they waited for the sun to set; or flew back and forth, veering from side to side.

"There," the man said, pointing to a great raft near Lookfar.

Swimming among the flooded trees are great rafts of cormorants, often 5,000 strong.

They looked like great big rafts with houses on.

The smoldering leaves produced great rafts of smoke that drifted up to obscure the nest.

Only they were growing in a great raft.

David said: 'The great raft of, for example, health and safety and employment legislation has led to a review of our approaches and policies.

The story was soon floated on the great raft of legend.

We do not need any new great raft of social legislation, but there are areas that have not been addressed.

We have a great raft of antibiotics which are no longer effective in the case of most animal illnesses.