Lichfield has lost a great swathe of parishes here in the northwest.

Today, there are 1500 pins, covering great swathes of the globe.

The rain was lessening, though it still fell in great swathes across the plain below.

The colour green refers to the great swathes of greenery in the municipal area.

He liked to sleep for longish periods, great swathes of time.

For men whose vision had given great swathes of the populace a reason for hope and optimism.

Sometimes it ballooned into a great swathe, wide enough for all three cars to drive abreast.

He discovered great swathes of the ice edge.

Those on foot carried great swathes of cable over their shoulders, or looped between them and a colleague.

Her Arabian man on the white horse, his face and body hidden in great swathes of black.