1.   Big publicly traded companies are rushing to cut their dependence on Medicare business and create national networks to bid for big contracts with private insurers and employers.

2.   But they have cut their dependence on imported oil a great deal, in part by becoming heavily dependent on nuclear power.

3.   Congress, trying to cut dependence on foreign oil, promised entrepreneurs who built generating stations that they could sell power to utilities.

4.   He said EU prices should be cut to bring them closer into line with world levels to cut EU dependence on export subsidies.

5.   She said she hoped comprehensive national tobacco legislation pending in the Senate would allocate funds for minority organizations to help them cut dependence on the tobacco and alcohol money.

6.   The subject of the show is sustainable architecture, energy-efficient buildings that reduce air pollutants and cut dependence on fossil fuel.

7.   Since January, Israel has imposed a series of closures on the West Bank and Gaza and imported Romanian and Thai workers to cut Israeli dependence on Palestinian workers.

8.   The country earlier this year announced its Seventh National Plan to help cut the dependence on oil.

9.   It urged its members to expedite measures to cut dependence on foreign workers and called for stricter measures against illegal immigrants and against employers who hire them.

10.   Kuchma said he hoped Ukraine would be able in so doing to cut its dependence on foreign states.