11.   Bottlers are spending heavily to extend their reach with consumers, including installing more vending machines.

12.   After centuries as a thoroughly male word, notes correspondent Bernard Adelman of Winthrop, the noun guy has been extending its reach.

13.   After that decision, the court extended its reach into other landmark areas of American life and liberties.

14.   All of the major professional leagues have been playing exhibition or regular-season games outside North America in order to extend their reach.

15.   But both are expected to eventually extend their reach to compete with the new behemoths that could soon surround them.

16.   But even as Cisco tries to extend its reach into telephone systems, the traditional telecommunications manufacturers are trying to expand their capabilities with Internet technology.

17.   But it had hinted for months that it was seeking an acquisition that would extend its reach beyond its basic business.

18.   But the company will extend its reach through the purchase of ADT Automotive, a unit of Tyco International.

19.   But the local police, undermanned and sometimes outgunned, seem uninterested in extending their reach much beyond the city limits.

20.   But the original program dependably draws such a large audience that CBS executives wanted to extend its reach to another night.