1.   They say that yields of corn, cacao and fruit have dropped dramatically since the oil started gushing.

2.   Heating oil was starting to weaken.

3.   If its oil starts to flow in the next few years and it pushes up production, the supply squeeze could be delayed.

4.   Oil will start flowing in the next few days, bound for customers in the Mediterranean and Western Europe.

5.   Oil could start flowing as early as next month.

6.   The oil could start flowing as early as tomorrow.

7.   U.N. approval of the plan could mean Iraqi oil may start flowing as early as next week, analysts said.

8.   When the oil starts to smoke, add the potatoes to the skillet.

9.   When that new oil starts to flow next year, crude prices will most likely decline.