1.   Companies are spending millions of dollars to drill for untapped onshore reserves.

2.   Companies spend millions wining and dining their clients.

3.   He supported keeping the California Academy of Sciences in the park and spending millions in public funds to rehabilitate it.

4.   Industry heavyweights routinely spend millions of dollars on extravagant booths and lavish parties.

5.   It has spent more millions on improvements to Hi Corbett Field to benefit a few weeks of spring training baseball games.

6.   Marketing firms spend millions of dollars in the effort to find out what customers exist for planned or present services and products.

7.   Millions are spent every year on beauty products.

8.   The company has spent millions of dollars replacing outdated computer hardware.

9.   The country has spent millions of pounds this year on advertising to attract visitors.