31.   As a result of his increased costs and reduced business, he has had to lay off several workers.

32.   As a consequence, many companies are, in effect, subsidized when they lay off workers.

33.   As all of these consumers demand fewer goods, more companies tend to lay off workers.

34.   As part of the reorganization, Alcatel is expected to lay off thousands of employees throughout Europe.

35.   As a result, the hotel has not had to lay off workers and is one of the few in the city not to do so, Stengel said.

36.   At hearings on the ordinance, some business owners said they would have to lay off workers and feared losing employees to businesses paying the higher wages.

37.   At the same time, officials say, companies are reluctant to hire workers because of high labor costs and laws that make it costly to lay off workers.

38.   At the time Hearst bought the paper, company executives promised not to lay off anyone on either The Chronicle or Examiner staffs.

39.   Because of that, they said, Delta might lay off fewer flight attendants than it would have without a union vote looming.

40.   Bellcore president and chief executive Dr. George Heilmeier said the company did not plan to lay off any employees as a result of the deal.