31.   As costs rise, insurers tend to increase premiums.

32.   As benefit costs rise, workers may ask for higher wages too.

33.   As Medicare and Social Security costs rise thereafter, this figure would fall further still.

34.   As energy costs have risen sharply in the United States in recent months, so have the fortunes of many oil and gas companies whose shares he accumulated.

35.   As they rise through the ranks, some lesbians fear that the cost of disclosure rises with them.

36.   At a time when energy costs are rising, the budget freezes instead of increasing funds for a low-income energy assistance program.

37.   At the same time, development costs are rising and fewer new drugs are being approved.

38.   At the same time, education costs are rising.

39.   At the same time, health care costs are rising much faster than general inflation rates.

40.   Bank bonds tend to be among the first to be hit by the threat of higher rates because their funding costs rise, narrowing profit margins on lending fees.