11.   Since there were widespread violations of minimum wage agreements throughout the country, the increase did little to improve the lot of the lowest paid in the labour force.

12.   But first, conference hears call to improve educational lot of kids in care.

13.   Watford have improved a lot over the past few weeks.

14.   Dexter has a lot of problems but he has improved a lot since being here.

15.   Recently we had the sorry spectacle of some of them voting against the progressive EC Social Chapter which is designed to improve the lot of the employee.

16.   And, as politicians often do, he praised his own administration for helping improve the lot of all Americans.

17.   And Tromba says Louisiana Downs, which seemingly has made little effort in recent years to improve its lot, still has numerous options remaining.

18.   As the politicians retreat, the bottom fifth is left behind, as uncertain as anyone else about how to improve its lot.

19.   At the heart of this dispute are two very different visions of how to improve the lot of minority students in beleaguered city schools.

20.   Blacks seem to be increasingly impatient with the rhetoric of reconciliation, and are demanding that their economic lot be improved.