11.   Even though the Venezuelan installment may have been something of a disappointment, the Sonidos project is performing a vital service.

12.   He repeatedly votes against budget agreements between Giuliani and Speaker Peter Vallone, complaining that they cut vital services to constituents.

13.   Heavy debt-servicing demands in developing countries prevent spending on vital services like health care and education.

14.   Henderson noted that the decline in spending in public health limits vital services such as quick and capable laboratories to identify diseases.

15.   I performed this vital service for the private sector.

16.   In many Arizona counties, property taxes paid on power plants almost single-handedly support schools and other vital services.

17.   Lionel Parker, an assistant manager of the Honolulu service center of the veterans department, said Rogers performed a vital service.

18.   Millions use the mails to ship canned goods and other provisions to needy relatives and friends in faraway areas, an especially vital service in winter.

19.   Naturally there are lawyers lining up to claim that vital services are being withheld.

20.   Some nuns still complain that the church hierarchy, while depending on them to carry out vital services, pays short shrift to their concerns about sexism.