11.   And the Burundian army, the top ranks of which are almost entirely Tutsi, has resisted ceding power by creating a protection force of its own.

12.   And yet the ranks of pilots are likely to thin nonetheless.

13.   But if the ranks of the protesters were thinned, so were the ranks of the entrepreneurs.

14.   But the actual ranks of renegades were really not so surprising.

15.   Fund-raising for the college did not go as well as expected, however, and junior faculty ranks are still thinner than Rudenstine and students would like.

16.   His last rank was that of private.

17.   His rank is higher than mine, but my rank still has power, too.

18.   His rank was the equivalent of army captain.

19.   His rank is three stars, not four, making him the equivalent of a British or American lieutenant general.

20.   In his direct line of sight were ranks of firefighters, a pipe-and-drum band, relatives of the dead firefighter.