31.   With vacancy rates soaring, many midtown companies that might have considered relocating were able to negotiate new Manhattan leases at lower rents.

32.   Asian office markets are suffering from higher vacancies, lower rents and capital values.

33.   Benefits of lower rents varied from place to place, he said.

34.   Meanwhile, an enterprising youngster has taken advantage of lower rents to start his own business.

35.   Reduced tariffs and taxes, lower rents and utilities, and wages freezes have already been adopted.

36.   Some of those named have so far been silent, but a few tried to defend their lower rents by saying the practice was widely accepted.

37.   The decrease in food prices and lower housing rents contributed to the smaller rate of increase, the statement said.

38.   The government said lower housing rents and declines in consumer goods and food prices pushed down the inflation rate.

39.   The state is able to negotiate lower rents for downtown office space.

40.   A few people followed suit, attracted by the lower rents or the exotic appeal of East Berlin.