1.   The polyester products maker attributed the forecast to weak world-wide demand that has lowered production volumes and increased manufacturing costs.

2.   At a lot lower volume, though.

3.   Beijing, Taipei and Washington should lower the volume of the debate and avoid forcing issues that are best left alone for now.

4.   Bjork has lowered the volume on the electronics, using them here to paint just the background.

5.   But in fact the building becomes more disturbing when Eisenman lowers the volume.

6.   Corrosion organizes its chaos around a discernible melody and creates texture by shifting tempo, lowering the volume, detuning the guitars or changing keys.

7.   Gittins lowered his volume, but let fly a late flurry of questions all the same.

8.   Hanson, within a few months of opening the enormous Blue Fin, has lowered the volume, narrowed the focus and raised the bar.

9.   Like other German banks, BHF-Bank fell casualty to lower trading volumes on the German stock exchange.

10.   Missing so far is an authoritative peacemaker, a voice of reason to soften the tone, lower the volume and persuade both sides to exercise self-control.