11.   Della Femina, who owns his shop in a joint venture with a privately held agency company, Ketchum Communications, echoed that assessment.

12.   McShane, who owns a shop specializing in spiritual books in Oneonta, N.Y., nodded in agreement.

13.   Most of them own small street-corner groceries, but several own numerous shops and a few have bought supermarkets or even supermarket chains.

14.   My friend Tom owns a shop where he builds custom cabinets.

15.   Most shops are owned by immigrants, too, now primarily from China and Korea, just as their predecessors came from Italy and Eastern Europe.

16.   Munther Fahmi, a Palestinian-American bookseller who owns a shop in east Jerusalem, believes just as strongly that there is no hope for a brokered settlement.

17.   South African blacks are new to shopkeeping, having been barred from owning shops in the city.

18.   The shop is owned by Anton Lulgjuraja, who took over from his father, Leka.

19.   The shop is owned by Romain Lamaze and Stephan Willemin, who has been baking at Ceci-Cela in Soho.

20.   They also made inexpensive ukuleles for a client who owned a shop in Los Angeles.