1.   Erm it is our position that we would support and regard as as the best approach one based on past land take-up.

2.   In return, the cigarette makers would restrain their advertising and marketing and pay a large sum to settle punitive damage claims based on past industry practices.

3.   Other factors that may be used to adjust the percentages include race and religion based on past voting patterns, party registration and turnout in New York City.

4.   The bill permits farmers to plant whatever crops they want in exchange for a seven-year contract of fixed but declining subsidies, based on past plantings.

5.   Well, yes, based on past behavior, emotional intensity and blind preference for philosophical purity over practicality.

6.   The agency said its forecasts are based on past growth, economic perspectives, projected peso exchange rates versus the U.S. dollar, and regional population growth.