1.   Banks hold substantial reserves.

2.   Bre-X Minerals Ltd. tempered the advance after reports that its gold-rich Indonesian find may hold fewer reserves than estimated.

3.   Bundesbank officials said the German central bank will hold its reserves in dollars, as it does now.

4.   But since many couples would be holding reserves of coupons at any given time, the co-op needed to have a fairly large amount of scrip in circulation.

5.   Chechnya also holds oil reserves and is crossed by key regional oil pipelines, railroads and roads.

6.   Germany has steadfastly insisted that the gold reserves should be held for true emergencies.

7.   He criticized currency traders, analysts and journalists for focusing on whether central banks will shift the currencies in which they hold their reserves once the euro is introduced.

8.   Oil reserves are held in case the nation goes to war or loses its oil supply from foreign countries.

9.   Some industry executives believe that the deep waters of the gulf hold oil reserves larger than Prudhoe Bay, the last huge field found in the United States.

10.   The postal financial services, for instance, pay no taxes or deposit insurance and are not required to hold reserves against potential losses.