1.   From then onward the pace of change accelerated.

2.   And there is reason to believe that the pace has accelerated since.

3.   As the pace of competition accelerates, some analysts said the Bells would no longer be able to afford voluntary buyouts.

4.   But it was only with the victory of Simitis last fall that the pace of change accelerated.

5.   Human-caused extinctions are happening, he said, and he is one of many biologists who are convinced that the pace is rapidly accelerating.

6.   If the pace of growth does accelerate, the Fed might be prompted to hike rates to slow the economy.

7.   It is possible that once the process starts, the pace will accelerate as businesses and politicians warm to the idea.

8.   Now the pace is accelerating.

9.   That pace has accelerated so far this year and new plantings are increasingly scarce, senior U.S. officials say.

10.   The mounts and victories picked up, and the pace accelerated this summer.