1.   These sulphonated cross-linked polystyrene resin beads are now used in all softening plants.

2.   In some other devices semiconductor beads are used instead of metallic sensors.

3.   According to Ambrose, early Africans may have used beads the way the San do now, as a social survival mechanism in a difficult environment.

4.   Let practicing Muslims continue to use colored beads, while barring gang members from having them, he suggests.

5.   The bead is used to protect the knot at the swivel from the heavy lead sinker.

6.   The Muslims argue that requiring them to use black beads alone infringes their religious freedom.

7.   They are using beads made of stones like tourmaline, turquoise, aquamarine, coral and myriad other semiprecious stones in the budding cottage industry of homemade jewelry.

8.   Using beads, seeds and shells as playing pieces, they demand a thoughtful approach to game play.

9.   Prison officials said they had to ban multicolored beads because they were concerned that such beads could be used by gang members to identify each other.