11.   With Christmas approaching police believe the thieves may try to sell off the birds to dealers or to the public for the christmas market.

12.   European Leisure, which also makes amusement machines and has property interests, plans to sell off some of its businesses in the UK and Europe to meet debts.

13.   The decision to sell off the yards come nearly four months after Devonport won a contract to refit Trident submarines against competition from Rosyth.

14.   They were selling them off cheap.

15.   Also declining were shares of companies the government once owned but that the Conservatives sold off -- railroads, water companies, power companies and other utilities.

16.   Although most of the most valuable oil companies were sold off long ago, Rosneft is one of a handful of assets still up for grabs.

17.   Among the savings are the ambitious hopes to sell off the electromagnetic spectrum to business interests.

18.   Analysts said prices in Europe remained competitive and sales in the U.S. were depressed while wholesalers sold off old stock.

19.   Amstar sold off its major line of business -- Diamond Sugar -- to reduce debt.