11.   That low rate would help to allay consumer worries and keep shoppers spending, supporting economic growth.

12.   Bolger seeks to allay worries about fruit flies.

13.   But that did not allay market worries.

14.   But the ministers were intent on allaying such worries and sending an optimistic message.

15.   Few Afrikaner political leaders say their worries have been allayed.

16.   Speaking to reporters as he arrived, Tanzi sought to allay worries that slower growth and stronger government spending would push up the deficit.

17.   The rise suggested the economy was slowing, which is good news for the stock market because it allays worries of higher interest rates.

18.   US Secretary of State Warren Christopher last week proposed that the United States allay Russian worries about NATO eastward expansion.