1.   Plenty of steps, most of them with a rich reward for the climber, such as those that lead to the Lindenhof.

2.   Some charities with a high public profile, reap rich rewards, others find the competition far too stiff.

3.   Those who can persuade potential benefactors that they have the ear of their party leaders can expect rich rewards in sponsorship money.

4.   Top athletes can expect rich rewards if they win.

5.   Word spreads that the bridge company will pay a rich reward to the family of anyone who volunteers to be immured.

6.   Such mastery of basic drives may cost the ego something, but it also brings rich rewards.

7.   Now Middlesbrough face the formidable challenge of Manchester United in the two-leg semi-final, a rich reward for the only League club firing on three fronts.

8.   Premier League clubs will enjoy rich rewards and extra exposure.

9.   A baseball World Cup could reap rich rewards far beyond a two-game visit to a foreign country.

10.   But executives who receive them can usually count on rich rewards eventually, even if a company does only marginally better.