11.   Analysts say that Lehman is trying to rebuild its earnings and tightly control costs to improve its standing with credit rating agencies.

12.   Analysts say this poses clear dangers for countries that are unable to control costs.

13.   Analyst Mary Fleckenstein at Ragen MacKenzie Inc., Seattle, said the company has done well in controlling overhead costs.

14.   Analysts expected the company to control costs more than it did.

15.   Analysts expect the company to continue its pace of growth amid high demand in the Asia Pacific area, and at the same time manage to control costs.

16.   And corporate efforts to control those costs have shown little success.

17.   And it would seek to control costs through a variety of market reforms.

18.   As a way to control the cost of pills, touching Canada like third base and then dashing home is pretty odd itself.

19.   Arco Chemical has been making greater strides to control costs, Mitsch said.

20.   As competition increases and profit margins erode, companies are under pressure to control support costs.