1.   April sales were also hampered in part by comparisons against last year, when Easter fell in April and retailers had the benefit of those holiday sales.

2.   April sales were also hampered in part by comparisons with last year, when Easter fell in April and retailers had the benefit of those holiday sales.

3.   Abbott Laboratories, which makes Similac baby formula, said third-quarter sales were hampered by a rise in the dollar.

4.   Gains were muted as a rising dollar hurt shares of automakers amid concern that stiff competition from outside the U.S. would hamper sales.

5.   Have sales been hampered because the office staff is too demoralized or distracted to get the work done?

6.   Horrendous congestion and air pollution in cities like Bangkok could hamper sales sooner than industry executives expect.

7.   James Goodman, another Manhattan dealer, said he had not heard from any concerned collectors, nor did he think the recent problems would hamper sales.

8.   Kehoe agreed, and said that having the kitchen one level down from the living room level also hampered the sale.

9.   Prices of Treasury securities fell in dull trading Monday, despite a report that showed rising interest rates severely hampering housing sales.

10.   Sales are sometimes hampered by an obligation to clean up contamination that resulted from industrial pollution.