101.   The Australian central bank said money from the sale was used to buy U.S. Treasury bonds and Japanese and German government debt.

102.   The biggest part of the gold was sold to the Swiss National Bank in return for convertible Swiss francs that were used to buy raw materials to make munitions.

103.   The attempt clock is stopped while the weight is increased, which is a tactic often used to buy time between attempts.

104.   The cards, which Visa issued to visitors, were used to buy everything from candy to tickets for sporting events.

105.   The card was used to buy items from several stores, the sources said.

106.   The extra money has been used to buy government securities, thus reducing the amount the Treasury was forced to borrow in the private economy.

107.   The data are used to buy billions of dollars of print ads a year.

108.   The funds could also be used to buy bank shares.

109.   The legal issue is whether the contributions were properly reported and whether the money was used to buy influence.

110.   The government is also replacing the six different forms used to buy various securities with a single tender form.