1.   Brian Sabean, the San Francisco general manager, indicated that Hayes will be used to back up first baseman J.T. Snow and third baseman Bill Mueller.

2.   For example, evidence from mitochondrial DNA has been used to back the theory that modern humans originated in Africa.

3.   In addition, Mexico will be able to recover the money it invested in the U.S. Treasury securities that were used to back the Brady Bonds.

4.   It is being used to back up what has been primarily a cruise-missile attack.

5.   State and local parties would be allowed to receive limited soft money contributions, as long as the money was not used to back a candidate for federal office.

6.   The army is used to back up police on highways and rural areas.

7.   The interest payments, for instance, could be used to back an annuity offering protection from inflation.

8.   The revenue from those surcharges is used to back bonds the utilities are selling to pay for the stranded costs.

9.   The value of the real estate used to back the loans also fell, making the collateral useless.

10.   Those funds will be used to back the notes.