1.   They were replaced by cities dependent on intensive farming to feed them and on great armies to defend them.

2.   As the city replaced the signs, the Federal Highway Administration was still delaying the proposed mandate for public comment.

3.   But they said they remain mistrustful of how and when the city will replace them.

4.   But through new residential and commercial development, the city is replacing the eyesores, providing residents a sense of hope for the first time in decades.

5.   Close said the city has replaced components of the old-fashioned stands over the years, increasing their longevity and taking them off the highest-priority replacement list.

6.   Green, the public advocate, who lives in Manhattan, argued that the city should swiftly replace the office space lost in Lower Manhattan.

7.   His raw materials were limestone blocks from demolished buildings and curbing torn out when the city replaced stone with concrete.

8.   McNeilly said he did not expect the city to replace officers who retired or resigned for more than a year.

9.   Now, most cities are replacing them with bean counters or CEOs.

10.   Standing a few feet away from Ms. Rodriguez, Herman Barrington said that it was time the city replaced the signs.