11.   But when dozens of others who had also bought an apartment decided to sue, city officials took notice.

12.   But there have been signs of revival as young people buy cheap apartments and as nightclubs open.

13.   Buying the apartment, however, soon turned into a struggle.

14.   Buying an apartment could cost the same as or less than renting one.

15.   Cindy Wenig, a Manhattan real estate lawyer who bought an apartment in a building that was never completed by the developer, agreed.

16.   Co-op boards adopt strict noise-control codes or make it difficult for musicians to buy apartments.

17.   Even under the best of circumstances, buying an apartment can be a daunting experience.

18.   Eventually, he would like to buy an apartment in Manhattan, because his social life is there.

19.   Happily for her, the building began encouraging tenants to buy apartments last spring, after renovating a number of them as well as the lobby and hallways.

20.   He has a small Paris apartment bought for him by his mother, a piano, a television, a personal computer, and an answering machine.