1.   Set back from the road on quite a steep rise was a new ranch-style house.

2.   While Strathclyde records the highest numbers of the most serious offences, the survey highlights that it is not alone in suffering steep rises in violent crime.

3.   And Saudi-watchers point to a steep rise in violent crime and drug-trafficking as a sign of a breakdown in law and order since September.

4.   A steep rise in long-distance telephone charges will boost telecom profits, Eckel said.

5.   Aharonian acknowledges that the Patent Office has been swamped with an exponentially steep rise in the number of software applications.

6.   Chilean stocks fell to a three-month low as foreign investors pulled out of the market following a steep rise in U.S. interest rates, analysts said.

7.   Chilean stocks fell to a three-month low as foreign investors pulled out of the market, following a steep rise in U.S. interest rates, analysts said.

8.   Coalition members say that has contributed to a steep rise in drug spending.

9.   Energy stocks have benefited from a steep rise in the price of oil and natural gas.

10.   He pointed to the steep rise in lawsuits over labor issues and the frequent, if suppressed, efforts by factory workers to organize independently.