1.   They were injured when a parked car exploded as their convoy passed by.

2.   Leith exploded as, having walked smartly along the landing, she halted at her bedroom door.

3.   An international ban would also not cover antitank mines, which pose less of a threat to civilians because they do not explode as easily.

4.   As the man approached a military checkpoint near the village of Baqa al Sharqiya, on border with Israel, he exploded as soldiers moved in to search him.

5.   A bomb hidden in a radio-casette recorder stored in a suitcase exploded as the plane gained altitude.

6.   A roadside bomb exploded as the police officers passed in a convoy of buses.

7.   But if some of the massive early stars exploded as gamma ray bursts, astronomers could study the epoch.

8.   But its population began to explode as thousands of dirt farmers and out-of-work laborers streamed to Acuna from elsewhere in Mexico.

9.   But Islam, the predominant religion in the region, has yet to explode as a major political force.

10.   Carney said the Internet security industry has exploded as companies and organizations are faced with dangers on the Net.