1.   We have a host of very satisfied customers who would gladly endorse this.

2.   You have to have good hosts, guys with different backgrounds and personalities.

3.   Hearts, too, have a host of injury problems.

4.   Although it is not selling artifacts, it has a host of merchandising angles.

5.   Beer Across America has a host of competitors, including Ale in the Mail and Cactus Creek Brewing Co.

6.   Besides its cornerstone five-and-dime stores, the company has a host of specialty store chains, ranging from Accessory Lady to Northern Traditions to Foot Locker.

7.   Both the Stanford Shopping Center and the Village have a host of high-end merchants, and each considers Union Square to be its primary competition.

8.   But Smalley said the single-walled tubes are inherently much stronger and may have a host of uses.

9.   But the company received a cool reception from investors who already have a host of investment choices among California real estate companies.