1.   Barclay, who sells clothes to accounts ranging from small boutiques to Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus, knew she had a loyal customer base.

2.   Dudley pleaded with the boat passengers to see the real Jamaica, the small boutique hotels and mom-and-pop owned restaurants.

3.   For several years he and a friend, Douglas Hobbes, ran a small downtown boutique called Horn that attracted a word-of-mouth following.

4.   In your wildest dreams . . . My dream job would be owning my own small bridal boutique.

5.   In the midst of small boutiques, a Banana Republic store is promoting its trendy black sportswear on the downtown square.

6.   Instead, there has been a proliferation of small boutique hotels.

7.   Lucky to find partners to finance a small boutique in Paris that has grown into a worldwide business.

8.   Mostly, the weavers sell their creations through referrals or through small boutiques.

9.   Peters said that the new system should give even small boutique brokers the ability to compete with the largest firms.

10.   Restaurants, art galleries, big department stores and small boutiques are operating as usual.