11.   A marketing approach that works for the average consumer probably will not work with the average online consumer.

12.   A mall also is the best way to reach average consumers, he said.

13.   Actually, most rental car companies perform more and better routine maintenance than does the average consumer.

14.   Aided by videotaped appearances by talk show host Jay Leno and director George Lucas, Gates said the future of technology depends on keeping the average consumer in mind.

15.   Business optimism and investment continue to expand even as average consumers grow more fearful.

16.   But Dr. Charles Marrin, cardiac surgeon and associate professor of surgery at Dartmouth Medical School, doubts the average consumer could understand the statistics behind the mortality rates.

17.   But for the average consumer, what will higher-speed services really be used for?

18.   But massive advances in power and capabilities are lost on the average consumer.

19.   But the increasing use of semiconductors and other technology industry products by average consumers should help the industry maintain long-term growth, Whittington said.

20.   But the real success of the space age, as far as the average consumer is concerned, may be digital satellite television.