11.   And the first commercial applications are not that far away, Furness said.

12.   And while its gee-whiz features make it sound like something from the distant future, its first applications are expected to show up on electronics store shelves next year.

13.   Brinster, a professor of veterinary medicine, said the first applications might be in animals.

14.   But state officials say they have yet to receive the first application.

15.   But the first application that experts say will widely deploy smart cards will be the electronic purse.

16.   By the end of the year, Bell Atlantic will file with the FCC its first long-distance applications for New York and Pennsylvania, Smith said.

17.   If the technology proves workable, however, its first application might be in a specialized form, complementing rather than replacing silicon chips.

18.   It has been more than two years since BellSouth filed its first applications for the right to enter long-distance in Louisiana and South Carolina.

19.   It was the first application of the sanctions adopted after Cuba shot down two aircraft operated by anti-Castro activists based in Florida.

20.   It was the first application of the statute to defendants not charged with selling or trafficking in drugs.