1.   Buyers brought forward purchases in August to beat the deadline on stamp duty, creating a vacuum in the following month.

2.   At least the Islanders beat their deadline.

3.   But Travis County Clerk Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza said she has seen no evidence of a rash of divorce filings aimed at beating the deadline.

4.   He had beaten that deadline, to the amazement of the world, six weeks earlier.

5.   I raced up to Baton Rouge to beat the deadline.

6.   In a misguided attempt to beat the deadline for Tony nominations, eight musicals opened within the space of two months in March and April.

7.   Kantor may also have wanted to prevent a short-term spike in Japanese sales, as buyers hurried to their Lexus and Infiniti dealers to beat the deadline.

8.   More immediately, however, investors may pour money into the fund to beat the deadline, analysts said.

9.   Still, all over Hollywood this month, filmmakers are finishing production on the dozens of films that began shooting in March and April to beat the deadline.