41.   Safir started the program two years ago to increase police presence on the streets without additional expense.

42.   Serbs, meanwhile, were left hoping NATO would soon increase its presence.

43.   She claims that if insurance companies would increase their presence in poor neighborhoods, they would profit from it.

44.   Serbian security forces under the control of Milosevic have defied the pact with NATO by increasing their presence in Kosovo above agreed levels, Western officials said.

45.   Since then demand for office space has soared as U.S. banks increased their presence in London.

46.   Specifically, the company wants to increase its presence in international markets, especially the United Kingdom and the Asia Pacific region, the filing said.

47.   The alert has been raised along the border with Mexico as well, but the Customs Service had already increased its presence there in recent years.

48.   The bureau plans to increase its presence on the Internet next year.

49.   The electronics company yesterday agreed to acquire Plasmaco Inc. in a move to increase its presence in the market for hang-on-the-wall televisions.

50.   The New York City Police Department will increase its presence at the parade to enforce the restrictions, officials said.