1.   Analysts say the steep price Markdowns that retailers took all month will exact a heavy toll on profits.

2.   But the assembly line claimed a heavy toll in their numbers and social relevance.

3.   Despite the heavy toll on the environment, it is the fire danger that worries rangers the most.

4.   Ground warfare took a heavy toll in casualties.

5.   Others pay a heavy toll in different ways.

6.   Reproduction takes a heavy toll on mankind.

7.   The bombings took a heavy toll, killing hundreds of Londoners.

8.   The final quarter was an untidy affair on both sides with the conditions taking a heavy toll on concentration and stamina.

9.   The recession on the east coast has taken a heavy toll of banks there.

10.   The German shore batteries that would have contested a landing in the original area would undoubtedly have taken a heavy toll.