61.   In this new period, consumers will buy big-ticket items at a restrained pace, Leamer said.

62.   It is possible to prepay funeral expenses in full, or you can buy certain items in advance that will be needed, such as headstones.

63.   Julian says people are buying bath items for relaxation, and to have their homes look and smell good.

64.   Kindly shopkeepers would proudly sell you whatever item you were buying and even help you load it in your car.

65.   Lower U.S. interest rates will encourage consumers to buy big-ticket items such as houses and cars and durable goods orders will rise by midyear, they added.

66.   Marks and his mother, Lippie, pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, saying they had unwittingly bought a few items from an informer for the police.

67.   Lower interest rates make it cheaper for consumers to borrow money to buy big-ticket items such as cars.

68.   Ms. Hampton had bought some items and, as a result, was given a coupon for a free bottle of cologne.

69.   Ms. Leroy, a French photojournalist who lives in Los Angeles, buys the items from sources like designers and retailers.

70.   Now consumers seem more likely to spend steadily all through the year, buying items when they need them and not waiting until August and December.