11.   Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products.

12.   He spent unseemly amounts of money on himself.

13.   Investors spend considerable amounts of effort, time and money in their investigations into the firms behind the shares.

14.   Staff will probably spend increasing amounts of time on devising simulations and developing assignments.

15.   We have actually been spending net amounts similar to Scum, Scouse and Blackburn over this period.

16.   Teachers are finding that many children are spending substantial amounts of time playing the games to the detriment of their school work.

17.   Among the biggest winners in this market rally is the Hong Kong government, which spent enormous amounts to prop up the stock market in August.

18.   An even greater amount was spent in the second quarter, Rosenberg said.

19.   And anti-smoking groups are lobbying lawmakers to spend significant amounts.

20.   And of course, non-tech companies continue to spend record amounts on advertising, particularly with the Olympics coming up.