1.   The obstacle to optical fibre communication is lift loss due to impurities in the glass.

2.   Major complications that can occur include calorie loss due to vomiting with resultant growth failure and respiratory disease secondary to aspiration of refluxate.

3.   It would therefore appear that the ensuring of successful pollination must override the importance of losses due to seed predation.

4.   An increase in the use of pesticides and in soybean varieties could cut down on losses due to diseases.

5.   Habitat loss due to ranching practices.

6.   In addition to increased competition fostered under the new open rating system, prices already are being driven down by reduced losses due to anti-fraud efforts.

7.   It said such payments were treated as theft losses due to extortion.

8.   It said such payments are treated as theft losses due to extortion.

9.   Many of the council members also incurred significant losses due to their retirement fund investments in Enron stock.