1.   An equally extraordinary number of replies found their way back in a deluge to Manchester.

2.   He drew deeply on a cigarette, stubbing it afterwards in an ashtray which held an extraordinary number of butts.

3.   Making an extraordinary number of handling errors and under-using the speed in their backs, Widnes were scarcely in the hunt.

4.   There seemed to be an extraordinary number of people in the street.

5.   There were extraordinary numbers of roads that had no signposts.

6.   And neither have any of my friends, who include an extraordinary number of attractive, interesting and talented single women.

7.   Apple Computer is putting an extraordinary number of eggs in its iMac basket.

8.   At the same time, an extraordinary number of envelopes with powder inside were received in mailrooms around the world.

9.   But he did provide some context to explain the extraordinary number.

10.   But with an extraordinary number of close races teetering on the edge, each party also has the possibility of control by a healthy margin.