1.   The number of dead and injured was expected to rise as rescue teams reached more outlying regions cut off due to the widespread destruction of roads and bridges.

2.   It is often claimed that a lord on the spot was of more immediate relevance to local men, especially in outlying regions, than the king at Westminster.

3.   Within a diocese charity schools were more likely to be found near the cathedral city than in outlying regions.

4.   Although planes were bombing regularly, Russian troops continued artillery attacks only on outlying regions where there was heavy fighting.

5.   And nearly every week, reports of massacres of Hutu villagers in outlying regions by the Tutsi rebels filter into Goma.

6.   Bloody fighting continues in outlying Chechen regions.

7.   Competitors that serve outlying regions could draw from the fund.

8.   He also hopes for support from outlying regions seeking foreign investment, and from Russian oil companies eager to join forces with their wealthier Western counterparts.

9.   In exchange, they would be able to buy urban phone service at a lower rate, but would have to contribute to a fund to subsidize outlying regions.