11.   That is double earlier estimates and considerably less conservative than might be expected given the trickiness in estimating these kinds of liabilities, says Simpson, the Best executive.

12.   That prediction was made in July, with growers and winemakers saying the crop is actually lighter than the earlier estimates.

13.   That was more than earlier estimates.

14.   The company also said its sales in the fourth quarter would be sharply below its earlier estimates.

15.   The Calgary, Alberta-based company yesterday said that preliminary results by an independent consultant at the deposit showed that earlier estimates may be exaggerated.

16.   The difference between the earlier estimates for the AEG and Fokker costs and the current charge is due to rounding, he said.

17.   The earlier estimates of high mortality for inhalation anthrax rely mainly on three limited databases.

18.   The IRS still cannot provide a reliable estimate of the number of missing Schedule Ds, though Roberts indicated the earlier estimate exceeds the realm of possibility.

19.   The operator of department and electronics stores said it used a faulty methodology to develop the earlier estimates, according to three factors who received the letter.

20.   The panel also reduced by about a quarter its earlier estimate of the rise in the sea level that is expected to result from a warming atmosphere.