11.   But realtors say they are insisting on rent lower than the prevailing standards here.

12.   But recovery requires more than lower rents.

13.   By reducing construction costs through the sale of tax credits, the developer is able to lease apartments at lower rents.

14.   For decades artists have been moving eastward, out of the East Village and into Williamsburg, in search of bigger spaces, lower rents and hipper neighborhoods.

15.   Fox said lower rental rates for stores can be good for consumers because the lower rents reduce the cost of opening a new type of store in the city.

16.   He kept his lower rent.

17.   In all likelihood, the city agency will be moved from the top floor to a lower floor, at a lower rent, to make way for Clinton.

18.   Jarrell said he was able to negotiate a lower rent because his new landlord was thrilled to get a stable company in the door.

19.   Oberlag took breaks in the predictable haunts, the Hamptons and Fire Island, but was in search of more serenity and lower rents.

20.   Protests focus on Paris because property companies often leave apartments empty rather than lower rents.