101.   The person-in-the-shopping-mall interview is a staple time-filler on cable, though it is usually no more than background noise.

102.   The question now is whether the glut of court shows will start to cancel on another out, just as the majority of talk shows blurred into background noise.

103.   The sound of water was an almost constant background noise.

104.   The stage is set for some interesting background noise when the NLCS resumes here Friday.

105.   The team has been reduced to scenery, and the pennant race is background noise.

106.   The technology, which Ameritech calls ClearPath, promises higher-quality wireless phone calls, with less background noise.

107.   The warnings have become a familiar background noise, droning in the American imagination.

108.   There is often cultural background noise surrounding sports events like the World Series or Super Bowl, but the static on this one has been incessant.

109.   There was a live mike overhead in the teletype room that provided background noise for the on-air newsmen.

110.   These personal calls are background noise that you should block out.