11.   For the first couple of days this was stirring stuff - until practical difficulties began to take their toll.

12.   In towns, the ever-increasing motor traffic takes its toll of crumbling sewers.

13.   It was great for about an hour or so and then the effort of keeping warm began to take its toll.

14.   Living in a hot place like Miami takes its toll.

15.   Once the rainy season began in April, malaria, yellow fever, typhoid and scurvy began to take their toll.

16.   The excitement ended last year, when higher wages, an overvalued currency and lower productivity growth took their toll.

17.   The hot sun was beginning to take its toll on the fragile trees.

18.   The inexperience of the teaching staff has taken its toll on student test scores.

19.   The insecurities created by separation in the early and formative years take their toll in adult life.