31.   The company, in return, wants an exclusive license from the government to operate a soccer pool business in South Korea to recover the investment, they said.

32.   The industry recovers its investment through a period of exclusive patent protection.

33.   The ROC terms, which take into account risks and costs of tapping smaller fields, basically allow contractors to recover their investments in a shorter period.

34.   If the audience received it well and the musical played for a year, the company would be able to recover its investment, Shi said.

35.   Alcan Aluminum said Friday it would drop its demand in a lawsuit for cash compensation to recover its investment in a controversial hydroelectric facility cancelled by British Columbia.

36.   Studios pumped huge sums of money into blockbusters, expecting to recover their investment not necessarily from appreciative audiences but through creative merchandising.

37.   The partners plan to recover the investment through sales of circuits to international telephone operators, he said.