1.   Gulping such a prey animal down head-first is a smooth operation.

2.   Reengineering offered a technical fix for what were seen as lapses in the smooth operation of ongoing business processes.

3.   Somewhere along the line its deals undermined its smooth operation.

4.   The control exercised from this remote box, therefore, was vital to the smooth operation of this busy line.

5.   The Huey had snapped into smooth operation after more than a month of storage.

6.   The intensive service with large locos and the smooth operation were certainly appreciated.

7.   And Russia is no longer stable enough to ensure the smooth operation of the camps.

8.   And only this year have the importing and distribution of cockles turned into a smooth operation.

9.   Because caching is so common and so important to the smooth operation of the Web, Felten is pessimistic about the ability of anyone to stop cache attacks.

10.   Cambridge and Quincy city officials also reported smooth operations, and errors seemed rare nationwide as well.