11.   As they cautiously dip their toes into the urban life around them, the real world begins to shed its terrors.

12.   Both Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch have recently dipped their toes in the water.

13.   Afraid to dip your toe in the surf this summer?

14.   But around the time they met Gail and Clem Schmidt, they had decided to dip a toe back into the water.

15.   But since late March, it is one of three that the company, in an uncharacteristic fling, is using to dip its toe into the passenger market.

16.   But the list of companies dipping their toes into this emerging market continues to grow.

17.   Claflin dipped its toe into the recent Internet wave.

18.   Dipping its toes into the roiling digital music waters, Microsoft plans to introduce a free online radio service today.

19.   Dole himself keeps darting inconsequentially toward the issue like a kid dipping his toe into a cold swimming pool.

20.   Ever so methodically, Mattingly is dipping his toes back into the baseball pool to gauge the temperature and see if he wants to dive in.