1.   The firm takes as given the variety choice and pricing strategies of other firms in the industry.

2.   The firms have taken over many of the financial and information management jobs that companies used to do in-house.

3.   His firm took over the planting and general maintenance of the park last March.

4.   In practice, firms took the opportunity to insert in those agreements lengthy provisions of a commercial nature for their own protection.

5.   The partnership wants more firms to take on people like Glen to tackle crime at its source.

6.   Second, the drug firms take advantage of federally funded development -- through, the National Institutes of Health -- without adequately reimbursing the taxpayer.

7.   Direct selling requires the firm to take full responsibility for establishing contact with potential customers.

8.   And he would not say whether his firm had taken or paid for trash as part of such an investigation.

9.   And the firm takes a strong hands-on role in helping guide start-ups to success.