1.   Oil imports began to Decline as domestic production began to increase.

2.   Right before the mill closed, production almost cruelly began to go up.

3.   Industrial production is beginning to pick up.

4.   We will need at least six months lead time before production begins.

5.   As Plan Colombia, the military anti-drug program, gets under way there, production is reportedly beginning to shift to Ecuador.

6.   As the production began to run down in Alaska, the company began an aggressive program to find more oil but had disappointing results.

7.   As the sun fell, melatonin production began, sending the opposite signal -- that it was time to rest, to hide from predators.

8.   At the same time, new and expanded production is beginning to push copper supplies toward a global surplus.

9.   Available at dealerships beginning in mid- to late January, production is beginning about now at plants in Louisville, Ky., and St. Louis, Mo.

10.   BMW had to hand-build several for the film, because production began only last September.