1.   A considerable amount of work was involved in both setting up and updating the data base.

2.   As soon as this task had been completed a similar procedure to that of setting up the initial data base was adopted.

3.   Companies that use refund coupons are now developing a huge data base of information on consumer preferences, Wright says.

4.   Donations will be recorded on an electronic data base.

5.   Many large-scale competitor data bases, especially those on mainframes, have fallen into disuse.

6.   Most personal computers are used to run software like word processors, spreadsheets, data bases and so on.

7.   Now we hope to build a data base to analyse why one last is more successful than another.

8.   Other products include magazines, electronic data bases, and cartographic material.

9.   Others manage computer operations, software development, or data bases.