11.   Apple and Microsoft insist on approving the use of their interfaces by the advertising and entertainment industries.

12.   At the same time, the Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a version of a much-debated bill approving marijuana use for medicinal purposes.

13.   Aventis said it was close to announcing new measures developed in consultation with farmers to confine the current crop to approved uses.

14.   Because the high-powered lights project skyward, the Federal Aviation Administration had to approve their use, Lester said.

15.   After this meeting, Reno approved use of the gas.

16.   Brett was thrilled Tuesday with news that the FDA had approved use of the drug for patients like him.

17.   But because there is little evidence yet on double implants, the FDA has approved the use of only one per patient.

18.   But decisions in lower federal courts have approved the use of sampling as long as it supplements, and does not supplant, an actual count.

19.   But if these emissions are too high, the state Department of Environmental Protection will not approve use of the tires, said DEP administrator Alvaro Linero.

20.   But it often takes years for pharmaceutical manufacturers to gather enough data to convince the FDA to approve additional uses of a product.