1.   I am still left aghast at the astonishing numbers of totally incompatible cichlids that are sometimes crammed into remarkably small tanks.

2.   Already an astonishing number of architects, planners and visionaries in the city have started offering their expertise.

3.   An astonishing number of people convinced themselves, on evidence usually no better than wishful thinking, that he would have.

4.   And a rather astonishing number of the recent ones have come from Disney.

5.   An astonishing number of high-profile media figures see nothing wrong with moving back and forth between paid political jobs and journalism.

6.   An astonishing number of entrepreneurs got their clocks cleaned after projections about Olympic revenue turned out to be wildly optimistic.

7.   Boone has amassed astonishing offensive numbers.

8.   A map of Paris locates the studios of the astonishing number of important artists working there early in the century.

9.   But by any reasonable standard, the past year has seen the release of an astonishing number of risky, inventive, delightful and disturbing films.

10.   By any reasonable standard, the past year has seen the release of an astonishing number of risky, inventive, delightful and disturbing films.