They believed the Confederacy would fall if the Union won a big military victory early in the war.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

If you do not see any big animals near the river, Mist can tell you about birds instead.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

If you visit the western mountain and plains state of Montana you will know why it is known as Big Sky Country.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

They said a person rolled a big wheel if he was important and had influence.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

In other words,if one number is big, the other number will be small.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

"The reason is that those plants are going to get so big that if you were to put three or four or six plants in, they are just going to be crowding each other out, and each plant is going to underperform."

VOA: special.2011.06.14

Illegal logging has played a big part. However,it looks as if the tide may be turning.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The president campaigned hard, urging people to vote even if they voted against him, hoping a big turnout would validate his national security and economic programs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

"If President Karzai won, then he should be the president,". "There is then big responsibilities on him to reach out right across the Afghan political spectrum.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"If you talk of our audiences here in Malawi, if you talk of big names ,ask them, they will say Michael Jackson was the one who inspired them."

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

Alterman says the president realizes that if he wants to get anything done in the Middle East, it will be a big help to have the Saudis on board.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

So this is a good bill, and it is a smart bill. And if you want to apologize to big oil go right ahead, but the American people are not on your side on this one."

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

He said the Iranian official told the diplomats that even if Tehran accepted a big power offer of last November to export some of its enriched uranium to be reprocessed as fuel for a research reactor, the broader Iranian enrichment drive would continue.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

"Obviously there is a bit of a spread between those two figures and it suggests the possibility of some political problems for the president if he should not take the military recommendation and that difference gets to be a big issue,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09