1.   Of course, the very concept of a popular tax collector is as oxymoronic as jumbo shrimp.

2.   All this is part of a larger story that Brint tells, not just about the new class, but about the transformation of the very concept of professional.

3.   And yet the very concept of overwhelming force in post-Cold War conflict has many critics.

4.   As the city evolves, so does the very concept of landmarking and the sense of what saving history actually means.

5.   Because the voters are so alienated by the effect of the meritocracy on the very concept of consent of the governed that our elections have been transformed.

6.   But Brewer was asking for reality at a trial where the very concept of reality seems frayed.

7.   But attitudes about the very concept of music itself are changing.

8.   But even as he announced his plans, Giuliani reiterated his long-held opposition to the very concept of an independent review board.

9.   But ideologues who proclaim that the very concept of welfare is alien to Asia are shutting their eyes to what is going on around them.

10.   Changing those attitudes is difficult, particularly in villages so remote that the very concept of disease prevention and health care officials is alien.