21.   Rubenstein said Koeppel gave Ms. Hammons a lower rent because he had to bring the rent in line with the market.

22.   Rents have come down substantially in some areas, and you might save a bundle if you move or negotiate a lower rent with your landlord.

23.   Shuwa Investment Corp., which owns the Taco Bell property, provided the kind of incentive that any company would jump at -- lower rent.

24.   So the tenants get to keep their lower rents.

25.   Spencer is one of many successful entrepreneurs around the metro area who have taken advantage of the lower rents available from landlords desperate to fill big empty stores.

26.   The legislature could, by varying degrees, lower rent thresholds, or lower income thresholds or some combination of the two.

27.   The Irish Land League, led by the nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell, urged lower rents for farmers.

28.   The rise in rates comes a week after the Bank of Japan lower rents and add to disposable income, raising consumer spending, they said.

29.   They are attracted by the landscape and the pink light and by the lower rents fostered by community leaders seeking to revitalize the area as a cultural showplace.

30.   With commissions, brokers get a percentage of the annual rent, so a lower rent would reduce their earnings.