1.   Sellafield was finally chosen over Dounreay in Caithness.

2.   Among the living, Ray was chosen over best-selling powerhouses including Pat Conroy, Alice Walker and former President Jimmy Carter.

3.   Arizona was chosen over three other Western states.

4.   Being evil acquires resonance only when it is chosen over good.

5.   A recent on-line poll chose him over Tiger Woods as the player they would rather see prevail in a one-on-one Sunday shootout.

6.   After a two-month review, Merkley Newman was chosen over two other New York-based finalists, Angotti, Thomas, Hedge and Deutsch Inc.

7.   But the arrangement, negotiated for more than a year and chosen over several alternatives, has come at a price.

8.   But the White Sox made only a belated attempt to re-sign him, and by then he had already decided on the Mets, choosing them over Baltimore.

9.   But when Williams returned home from the Trials, he read in the newspaper that Burrell, who finished sixth, had been chosen over him.

10.   But would they choose him over the incumbent, Robert Dickerson?