51.   These plans, such as health maintenance organizations, buy large amounts of drugs and demand deep discounts.

52.   They buy large amounts of drugs and demand big discounts.

53.   Traders said that U.S. hedge funds, Japanese securities and trust banks appeared to have bought large amounts of pounds against the mark, dollar and yen.

54.   Traditionally, the government bought large amounts of rice annually to help shore up rice prices.

55.   Foreign institutional investors bought limited amounts, but most were waiting for the political uncertainty to end before firming up investment plans in India, a dealer said.

56.   GNI brokers said that Algeria and Tunisia had also apparently bought substantial amounts.

57.   In particular, they expect Japanese investors to buy large amounts of dollars to take part in US Treasury bond auctions.

58.   UNITA is also buying large amounts of weaponry largely from private arms dealers, but also with evidence of contributions from Russia and neighboring Zaire, the report added.

59.   Kumar said some state-run financial institutions bought small amounts of shares.

60.   One Central Bank option is directly to buy any amount of foreign exchange to be brought in by the consortium, the source said.