1.   And some hospitals routinely send out surveys to patients to see if they are satisfied with the quality of care they received and how the doctors treated them.

2.   At Dartmouth, where every student must have a computer, the medical surveys were sent out via electronic mail.

3.   Baylor University economics professor John Pisciotta conducted the research by sending surveys to high school teachers around the state.

4.   After the average home crowd slipped to a five-year low last season, UW officials sent a survey to season-ticket holders looking for reasons.

5.   Edgy schoolyard conversations grew into a parent Math Committee, which gathered members across the district, sending out surveys and making angry statements at school board meetings.

6.   Harvard sent written surveys to its students.

7.   Last week the possibility of Lamm and Perot competing head to head was foreshadowed by the text of a preference survey that is being sent to party supporters.

8.   Staff members send surveys to a wide swath of retailers five days before the end of the month -- today -- in order to get the information.

9.   The league has sent out surveys to teams asking them to send video of the five most troublesome plays from the season.

10.   The patients were sent periodic surveys about their compliance, which found little difference between the groups.