1.   After making the big find, Bre-X failed to get immediate legal control.

2.   Ecopetrol is also hoping for a big find here and elsewhere.

3.   Experts say that diamond prospecting is not new in the United States, but without a big find it attracted little attention.

4.   Federal tax breaks and the higher chances for big finds have increased interest in deep-water projects.

5.   He has not found either, but his work as part of the National Resources Conservation Service soil study has produced some big finds.

6.   Michael Whelan, chairman of Aran Energy Plc, wants Atlantic Richfield Co. to recognize the value of oil fields outside its big find west of the Shetland islands.

7.   Rookie Greg Spires has been a big find.

8.   The next best hope is that euphoria about the strike will rub off on companies with leases in the area which have a shot at making another big find.

9.   Yet the big new finds expected with the introduction of Western technology have been elusive.

10.   A big find could enrich not just the companies but Shafter itself.