1.   There was even a tow-ball, for which we bought a carrier to take the bike.

2.   American Airlines and United Airlines have agreed to buy smaller carriers, and some Wall Street analysts think Delta should acquire an airline to keep up.

3.   Even if the Navy buys carriers, future carriers could be smaller and may not be nuclear-powered.

4.   In time, Acklie said, American trucking companies may buy Mexican carriers.

5.   Like most big cable companies, Continental had run up a lot of debt building systems, improving them or buying other carriers.

6.   They interpreted this as evidence that it might simply buy a carrier like Sprint.

7.   In the United States, BT spent two years trying and failing to buy long-distance carrier MCI.

8.   On the domestic aviation front, Dixon said Qantas would be interested in buying discount carrier Virgin Blue.