1.   Sales improved after an unpromising start.

2.   The company started a big new advertising campaign, and business really improved after that.

3.   We have shown that the abnormalities of oesophageal motor function in patients with reflux oesophagitis do not improve after complete healing of oesophagitis.

4.   Only one patient receiving cyclosporin met our criteria for nephrotoxicity and that patient improved after reducing the dose.

5.   At Perouges, Clinton spoke at length on links between the United States and France, whose relations have greatly improved recently after several rocky decades.

6.   Austin real estate expert Charles Heimsath predicts prices will continue to decline into the first quarter of next year but thinks the market will start improving after that.

7.   Bednar, improving after early season struggles with the Kings, is sidelined with a knee sprain.

8.   Bital said its performance improved after its banking division posted positive growth and losses narrowed at its leasing and factoring subsidiaries.

9.   Bengie Molina showed he has the potential to be a solid major-league catcher and second baseman Adam Kennedy should improve after an up-and-down rookie season.

10.   Advocates for the farmers say the relationship between the Parks Department and the Greenmarket has deteriorated as Union Square improved after the farmers moved in.