1.   Pete lived with his Mum at the top of a big block of flats not far from the shops.

2.   Developers of big blocks of flats designed for successful young people in and around the big cities and for wealthy pensioners in Florida and California are worried.

3.   And corporations looking to book big blocks of bedrooms in apartment complexes or subdivisions are holding out for fire sale prices.

4.   A corporation hiring such a big block of workers is a marked change from years of layoffs in defense and other industries in Southern California.

5.   But investors have complained that the big block held by De Beers distorts the value of Anglo American shares.

6.   Customers no longer want big blocks of space for back offices, which have moved to cheaper locations in Concord, Sacramento or out of state.

7.   Discount brokers appeared, and big blocks of stock traded as never before.

8.   Even if Fidelity still holds a big block of Digital shares, analysts stressed that the effect of any losses would be cushioned by all of its other holdings.

9.   Fidelity also bought big blocks of Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. and HFS Inc, Krosinsky said.

10.   For that, Duarte sold a big block of his stock in Endesa, the Chilean electric company.