101.   But as soon as wells are drilled, the falling water table exceeds their reach, and so thousands of wells are being redrilled and refitted for larger capacity.

102.   But for the average fan, of whom there were thousands lining the course, it was a bunch of guys doing the conga around our downtown streets.

103.   But he and other researchers did say that there have been thousands of anecdotal reports of resistance to permethrin and pyrethrum, a similar ingredient in other lice treatments.

104.   But hidden away are thousands of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings within a few minutes walk of almost anywhere, anytime in the city.

105.   But in a town where thousands are hungry and homeless, the dead are no longer sacred.

106.   But for every star in the academic firmament, there are thousands of professors who either do minimal outside work or devote themselves exclusively to classroom teaching.

107.   But so are thousands of other people, known as stockholders.

108.   But she knew there were thousands of students with better grades, and her SATs were below the Cornell median.

109.   But the consumer has to tell each unwanted telemarketer that calls -- and there are thousands of telemarketers.

110.   But there are at least thousands by most conservative estimates.