11.   Trying to work out whether I can hear it over my coat.

12.   Along with background on musicians, many of them heard over South African radio, Qradio uses the Internet to promote and sell their music.

13.   As he spoke his voice strained to be heard over the heckling and shouting from the political opposition.

14.   A Doug Sahm CD is playing on the stereo, cranked up nearly full volume to be heard over the wind and engine noise of the Jeep.

15.   A Merlin dummy comes out of a little kiosk, and a disembodied Merlin voice is heard over loudspeakers complaining of that pesky dragon.

16.   A slight rustling sound, one of the first signs of trouble, is too faint to be heard over the rush of water.

17.   A smile can be heard over the phone.

18.   After posing for a photograph in the crowded Apple pavilion, Spindler stepped closer to be heard over the din.

19.   All are linked to Indiana University coach Bob Knight, and from what we have been hearing over the past several weeks, the linkage is not necessarily good.

20.   Broadcast.com runs a vast site with all sorts of audio and video programming that can be seen or heard over the Internet.