1.   Any illegal collusion could involve tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars.

2.   But the other experiments, involving tens of thousands of test subjects, fall into a grayer area for the task force.

3.   Companies are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into research on statins involving tens of thousands of patients.

4.   Given the numbers of genes and compounds, this screening process involves tens of millions of experiments each year.

5.   It would create not only an economic crisis, but also a political crisis involving tens of millions of industry workers and tobacco users.

6.   Not surprisingly, the judges have always wanted to be free of this extra workload, which involves tens of thousands of cases a year.

7.   Outbreaks of the starfish involving tens of thousands of them can quickly devour a bed of coral, leaving only the skeletons behind.

8.   Roosts can involve tens of thousands of birds -- notedly in the Midwest -- before dispersing in the spring as the crows turn to nesting.

9.   Several cigarette companies, including Philip Morris, recently settled a case involving tens of thousands of flight attendants who said they had been exposed to secondhand smoke.

10.   So companies are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into research involving tens of thousands of patients.