11.   Since the recession officially began in March, unemployment claims have increased, further draining the fund.

12.   The beginning of the initial share sale for Equitable Banking Corp. helped drain funds from the market.

13.   The prospect of higher U.S. interest rates drained foreign funds from emerging markets, where investments look riskier in comparison.

14.   The Slovak chocolate maker, which is majority owned by Philip Morris Cos., is under attack by minority shareholders, who claim Philip Morris illicitly drained its funds.

15.   Vouchers can drain public funds from public schools, making them worse for the students who remain and diminishing hope for improvement.

16.   Vouchers drain funds from public schools, which are then supposed, somehow, to improve themselves.

17.   A series of bank and credit union failures has drained the fund, which is intended to protect depositors at Japanese financial institutions.

18.   Dealers said attempts to drain excess funds from the market stabilised the rupiah briefly, but could not hold against a well-prepared offshore market.

19.   Investors are worried the bond issue, to be priced Wednesday, may drain funds from the equities market.

20.   More recently, the central bank has drained funds from the system.