1.   As its population and economy have boomed, the county has begun to look more and more like the rest of suburban America.

2.   Alameda, Marin and Santa Clara counties also have begun to deny new applications.

3.   Counties began counting until the U.S. Supreme Court halted the recounts the next day.

4.   Due to a close vote in Florida, several counties began recounting their ballots by hand last week.

5.   If it passes, large counties can begin the machinery of accepting or rejecting a district breakup.

6.   On election night, the system will have election returns available as soon as counties begin reporting to the secretary of state.

7.   She would adopt the mile of highway outside a heavily guarded General Motors test track here when the county began a roadside cleanup program.

8.   So three years ago, the county began talking with Buckeye about transferring the nearby recreation area.

9.   Some counties have begun working with other state corrections systems to fill their beds.

10.   The county began a full-scale changeover in February.