1.   The result was a considerable achievement since it took place against a background of strong competition in mature markets and overcapacity in the European agricultural sector.

2.   We are now clearly in a mature market and the challenge is to both optimise recovery from existing fields and maximise the development of new marginal fields.

3.   And there are other more mature markets in which our business can be expanded further.

4.   Here on the Island we have a mature market.

5.   And he is building outlets overseas, apart from the mature domestic market.

6.   As beer sales drop in mature markets and the industry consolidates, some major Western brewers are venturing into Asia, where alcohol consumption is booming.

7.   At this point, aggressive overseas expansion is the key to whether Exide will continue to perform like a growth company in what would otherwise be a mature market.

8.   Behind the plans is intense competition as retailers fight for share in a mature market.

9.   Boots, facing a mature market and stiff competition in the U.K., has recently begun to look at overseas markets for both its drug manufacturing and retail businesses.

10.   -- Japan is relying more for growth on booming Asia and less on the mature markets of the United States and Europe.