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

VOA: special.2009.09.03

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

VOA: special.2009.11.29

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

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