11.   Apple forces its customers to spend hundreds more on external floppy drives and USB printer adapters, then expects them to be thankful for the extra expense.

12.   ARC Studios spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to pack its midtown Manhattan office with workstations, digital cameras and video processing computers.

13.   At considerable cost, Pioneer Press was forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to retool its stapling equipment for one staple.

14.   Authorities said many schools spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to convert to the new system.

15.   Baffert had been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy horses for other clients, but Real Quiet was a bargain for owner Mike Pegram.

16.   Beer wholesalers already spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on alcohol awareness programs, she said.

17.   Between us we have spent hundreds of hours in the tidal rivers of Virginia and southern Massachusetts hunting this fearsome creature.

18.   Both camps may spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in the fight over a two-page bill.

19.   A big company will spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on information technology.

20.   A candidate has to be someone willing to spend hundreds of nights in motels and days repeating worn-out phrases to the numbed faithful.