11.   Not only is his firm based in the same city as BofA, it shares its headquarters building.

12.   Schonwald owns Aquarius, Ltd. an accessories firm based in St. Louis, Missouri and Ms. Fry is an executive in the company.

13.   Some firms base their entire year on how well they do in those early weeks.

14.   Some analysts are dubious about the advertising model on which search firms are basing their business plans.

15.   The firm based its rankings on occupancy, rents, affordability, renter demand and new construction.

16.   The firm based its rankings on the number of job openings, salaries, job security and growth potential.

17.   The large accounting firm based its findings on a survey questionnaire of venture capitalists mailed in late December with a telephone and fax followup in mid-January.

18.   The magistrate said he would indict two heads of construction firms based in Lugano.

19.   The NAFTA agreement was supposed to allow courier firms based in the United States, Mexico and Canada to compete on an equal footing in all three countries.

20.   The subject of the best-boss essay, Jerry Allen, owns a firm based in Wadsworth, Ohio., that builds telecommunication components.