21.   Losses become apparent only long after bills remain unpaid.

22.   That big loss soon became a big gain, however.

23.   The hearing loss became progressively worse.

24.   The loss became doubly damaging when the Rip Van Winklesque Bourque suddenly stirred.

25.   The losses have become a catalyst for price increases in some lines of coverage.

26.   The losses became unbearable not because they were especially large, but because they seemed pointless to many Israelis.

27.   The loss may become even larger since land values are continuing to decrease, the sources said.

28.   The population loss became so corrosive that not even a small lunch restaurant could survive in Cottonwood Falls.

29.   Without them, close wins have become close losses, close losses have become bad losses, and confidence has eroded.

30.   Yet while the losses here have become less horrendous, Ford officials do not expect their South American operations to break even until next year.