1.   Analysts were generally satisfied by the results, though they noted that the company depended almost entirely on sales from old-fashioned telephone service.

2.   And, he said, the company is depending as well on the strength of its workforce.

3.   As companies depend on technology for productivity gains, pressures to increase wages become less of an issue, economists said.

4.   Because many Czech companies depend mainly on short-term bank loans to finance operations, higher interest rates make borrowing costly.

5.   Billions of dollars in future profits for the companies depended on the legislation, which was passed and signed into law.

6.   Both companies depend upon exports for a substantial portion of their profits.

7.   Both companies depend heavily on the domestic market recovery, which could be hurt by an interest rate increase.

8.   Able to expect little or no revenue from sales, biotechnology companies have depended on outsiders to finance expensive drug development.

9.   All this could devastate the business of traditional music retailers, on whom the record companies still depend for most of their sales.

10.   Both companies depend on Asia for a large portion of sales.