31.   As Japanese companies move production facilities overseas, these costs will likely increase, Sasaki-Smith said.

32.   As NTT remolds itself for battle in a more liberalized market, other companies have also moved to secure their position in the Japanese market.

33.   As Rogers noted, when companies move into new businesses that use digital and interactive technology, they take on enormous risks.

34.   As part of the restructuring, the company moved to limit its exposure to losses from its interest-rate derivatives contracts.

35.   As foreign companies have moved in, so have the freeways and restaurants of Western countries.

36.   Automobile exports from Japan have been declining steadily in the last few years as the yen had strengthened and as the companies moved production offshore.

37.   Bay Area construction costs have soared in recent years, while insurance companies have quietly moved to limit their liability for fires and other devastating losses.

38.   Besides the off-site farms of storage hardware owned and operated by StorageNetworks, the company also moved into locations operated by hosting firm Exodus Communications Corp.

39.   Big South African mining companies are also moving into Zaire.

40.   Both companies have implemented Six Sigma, a complex statistical method for quality control, and both companies have moved heavily into Internet sales.