21.   After an agonizing two-hour board meeting in April, the company chose to hold off.

22.   But as more companies choose to reprice their option plans, criticism of the practice grows increasingly vocal.

23.   But after an abatement deal in Jacksonville fell through, the company chose the Alliance Airport site, although Fort Worth offered no such incentives, Barents said.

24.   But he also expressed enthusiasm that the companies had chosen Manhattan as the site for their headquarters.

25.   But he vowed that by next year, some major companies will be choosing JavaStations for limited applications such as airline reservations or customer service.

26.   But separately, Boeing has already developed a tentative timeline that managers could use if the company chooses to implement layoffs as a result of cutbacks already announced.

27.   But soon companies chose a more efficient approach, and built large generators to serve entire cities.

28.   But the company chose to treat it as a normal operating cost.

29.   But the company chooses to keep the dividend low.

30.   But some companies may choose to avoid going through an endowment that has had to be politically cautious in order not to offend conservatives in Congress.