11.   The marketers plan to sell power directly to consumers as deregulation takes hold.

12.   Thus as stricter standards for qualifying take hold, an inevitable shrinkage has occurred.

13.   Traffic through Vancouver is expected to rise as new routes linking the city to Boston, Dallas and Chicago take hold.

14.   But Qiu said those factors should be offset as recent policy adjustments take hold.

15.   But the central bank said prices are beginning to stop declining and are expected to remain unchanged as the recovery takes hold.

16.   In their periodic outlook, released Friday, the Meteorological Service said drier weather was expected as normal between July and September as the Southwest monsoon takes hold.

17.   Stock markets opened lower, then dropped further when U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan indicated the U.S. economic slowdown could worsen before recovery takes hold.

18.   The United States and its allies in the coalition against terrorism are hoping the alliance can make gains on the ground before the harsh Afghan winter takes hold.

19.   The virus is characterised by flu-like symptoms before myocarditis takes hold, health services said.