1.   Most successful businessmen recognise that sensuality, not always of the most edifying quality, positively affects their sales.

2.   Slow economic growth and low consumer spending affected sales last year.

3.   While this has not affected sales, it has had a negative impact on profits, Sage noted.

4.   Shoppers started making moral choices -- boycotting battery-farmed eggs, for example -- or political ones, which affected sales of South African fruit.

5.   Clearly, a ban would affect sales, particularly among the susceptible young, and that is why it is proposed.

6.   Also, such a policy might affect intended sales of cable companies.

7.   Analysts said the warning is unlikely to affect sales of the product, though promotions will likely change.

8.   Analysts said they did not know how the new De Beers policies would affect sales.

9.   Analysts said the problem was handled well, but sales obviously were affected during that period.

10.   And though milk prices have increased since midsummer, due to higher costs of grain caused by bad weather, the industry does not expect sales to be affected.