21.   Because bumper rash occurs over time, with each nick unlikely to exceed the insurance deductible, the consumer bears the cost of repairs.

22.   Because the LLCs would not be assured stabilized rate increases by a regulatory agency, environmental costs would be borne by shareholders.

23.   -- Individual companies will bear the cost of an initial portion of any verdict against them.

24.   -- Individual companies would bear the cost of an initial portion of any verdict against them.

25.   A Congress willing to look at how legislative costs are borne by society will surely make more rational decisions about the laws it passes.

26.   A cost we must bear?

27.   Britain was ordered to bear court costs.

28.   But critics of the Combest approach argue for continuing the exclusion, contending large farms ought to bear the cost of reducing agricultural runoffs.

29.   But insured Americans bear costs under the existing system because they pay higher premiums and higher taxes to cover the uninsured, Bentsen said.

30.   But landlords do not want to encumber their space with options or to bear all costs for rerenting space if a tenant wants out.