11.   It was a highly responsible action, but it did not impress the voters because it did not increase family income or lighten the burden on the middle class.

12.   Lowering interest rates would encourage borrowing for capital investment and lighten debt burdens.

13.   Low rates also lighten the burden for Japanese banks of holding bad loans.

14.   Lower interest rates would lighten debt burdens and could encourage borrowing for capital investment.

15.   Nature seems unlikely to lighten the burden.

16.   The Bank of Japan and Finance Ministry proposal is designed to lighten the burden on politically influential agricultural cooperatives which extended money to the housing lenders.

17.   The central bank has kept interest rates at record lows to encourage borrowing and lighten debt burdens.

18.   The Bank of Japan and Finance Ministry proposal is designed to lighten the burden on politically influential agricultural cooperatives that extended money to the housing lenders.

19.   The market for pre-cut vegetables is exploding because people are constantly seeking ways to lighten the burden of cooking.

20.   They could unite behind lightening the burden of regulations.