1.   Almost half the membership of LIFFE is based outside the UK.

2.   An editorial in the Toronto Star Wednesday suggested Furman and Ovitz were simply uncomfortable with an entertainment company based outside of the United States.

3.   A deal would continue the consolidation of the educational publishing business in the United States as well as the trend toward ownership by conglomerates based outside the country.

4.   But his company, based outside this city in northern Italy, also operates vending machines, supplying them to businesses that offer snacks and coffee to employees.

5.   Companies and agencies based outside Manhattan tend not to seek Spanish lessons because they are able to find speakers in their own neighborhoods.

6.   Currently, online retailers such as Barnesandnoble.com and Borders.com do not charge California sales tax because their Internet subsidiaries are based outside the state.

7.   Currently, some e-tailers like Barnesandnoble.com and Borders.com do not charge California sales tax because their Internet subsidiaries are based outside the state.

8.   In addition to VW and Audi, the company owns Seat, based in Spain, and Skoda, based outside of Prague.

9.   In Mississippi, South Texas and parts of Los Angeles, they say, jurors redistribute wealth to plaintiffs from corporate defendants based outside the state.

10.   It remains to be seen whether Boeing will be any more successful conquering new businesses as a company based outside Seattle than it has been in past attempts.