1.   This included new forms of magnetic tapes, each of which could hold hundreds of intercepted microwave communications channels.

2.   Spanish truckers are virtually holding hundreds of British lorry drivers hostage, and many of those trapped are too scared to leave.

3.   China, however, which continues to hold hundreds, if not thousands, of political prisoners, has suffered no such fate.

4.   Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, rolling back civil liberties in key areas, and the Bush administration has held hundreds in secret detention.

5.   Each of these held hundreds of millions of dollars in classified funds.

6.   Each pouch holds hundreds of pellets, but just three are enough to kill one rat.

7.   FARC holds hundreds of captives, including soldiers, executives and even children.

8.   Everything from ventilated wire shelving that will hold hundreds of pounds of garage junk to component systems of Scandinavian pine that can grace the toniest of rooms.

9.   Hewlett-Packard and Canon Inc., for example, hold hundreds of patents covering the way ink is dispensed in their ink-jet printers.

10.   In the library behind the veranda, shelves held hundreds of books on natural history.