1.   The big fleet operators get the biggest discounts - putting the dealers under pressure to maintain higher prices for private buyers.

2.   Another big local operator, Tele-Columbus, is for sale and will probably end up being divided by Callahan and Liberty.

3.   Beyond that, most of the potential cable partners would be starting from scratch in wireless communications, while the telephone companies are already big cellular operators.

4.   City officials noticed that several big operators seemed to control a surprisingly large proportion of what was assumed to be the ultimate small business.

5.   Dairy farming, like every sector of agriculture, has become dominated by big operators.

6.   For decades, big operators have divided their holdings into a series of small companies, each owning just two or three medallions.

7.   GTE is not the first telephone company to buy a big Internet operator.

8.   How did big operators make money in this environment?

9.   Most, Ms. Browner said, are in small and rural places and handle much lower volumes of gasoline than big operators.

10.   Splash is gone now, along with three other early casinos, squeezed out when the big operators moved in.