1.   The US immigration laws imposed a strict annual quota for each country of origin.

2.   The church area has paid its annual quota to the Diocese of Ripon.

3.   Heavy rain is expected in the same regions of east Texas that have already received their annual quota of precipitation, so flooding is possible.

4.   The annual quota for refugees coming into the United States has declined steadily for most of the last decade.

5.   The high-tech sector has asked that the annual quota for high-skilled immigrants be nearly doubled.

6.   They are at the center of a debate as Congress this month considers raising the annual quota of skilled temporary workers.

7.   Within these economic and societal trends, recruiters hustle to meet their annual quotas.

8.   Critics also say the policy has led to forced abortions and sterilization by local officials under pressure to prevent births from exceeding annual quotas.

9.   Earlier this month, the U.S. raised the import quota on Indonesian textile imports for the rest of the year, after Indonesia exhausted its annual quota last month.

10.   For a second straight year, Iraq complained Monday it could not afford to fill its annual quota of pilgrims to Mecca because of U.N. sanctions.