1.   Many laboratories spend thousands of dollars a year on breakable glass equipment.

2.   Some of the owners spent thousands to move their cabins.

3.   Talking point - Cosmetic surgery Would you spend thousands on a new face?

4.   The government spent thousands of pounds on a media campaign.

5.   The group has spent thousands of dollars trying to kill the McCain-Feingold bill.

6.   They heard how Benstead of Meare, Somerset, spent thousands on brochures advertising the Poole-Bilbao service.

7.   ...a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games.

8.   The couple spent thousands renovating the house.

9.   To add to his misery, the television set in his hotel room did not work and he spent thousands of dollars on transatlantic telephone calls.

10.   Unpleasant smells are a fact of life that the funeral industry spends thousands of pounds trying to hide.