11.   Company officials have also spent tens of thousands of dollars sponsoring the annual House-Senate dinners, which earns them invitations to mingle with party bigwigs.

12.   Dams on the river have blessed his sparsely populated state with huge reservoirs, which attract fishermen and hunters who spend tens of millions of dollars.

13.   Credit-card bills introduced in court showed that Nichols and his new wife spent tens of thousands of dollars at Saks, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.

14.   Economists warn that this number will swell as the government spends tens of billions to bail out its debt-ridden banks and corporations.

15.   Every year, governments and international organizations spend tens of billions of dollars on both long-term relief projects and emergencies.

16.   European carriers spent tens of billions of dollars just to get airwaves.

17.   For months, a looming question has been whether Forbes could successfully spend tens of millions of dollars on negative ads without tarnishing himself.

18.   Galleries, as well as the auction houses, are said to have spent tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees in the course of the investigation.

19.   Harman and Checchi have spent tens of millions on television but in this unrehearsed format often relied on notes.

20.   He adds the Estate has responsibilities for environmental protection and upgrading heritage buildings, and spends tens of millions of pounds upgrading property in and near Regent Street.