1.   When these barriers are less pronounced, as in the tin industry, the degree of verticality is reduced.

2.   But this melodramatic approach became more pronounced as the postelection saga dragged on and the television chatter became more detached from reported facts.

3.   But U.S.A. is a set of initial letters pronounced individually, not forming an acronym that can be pronounced as a word or is already a word.

4.   Each word we speak is pronounced as a sequence of phonemes, or sounds.

5.   In Nogales, conflicts between safety and ease of movement become more pronounced as the peak winter shipping season approaches.

6.   Nowhere is this fear so pronounced as among the homeless population.

7.   One of the best-documented response biases is the tendency of respondents to agree with questions, a tendency that becomes more pronounced as work progresses through a survey.

8.   She recently broke up with her boyfriend of three years and pronounces herself as feeling quite liberated.

9.   Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo., has also pronounced himself as morally ready for the next round.

10.   That trend is likely to become more pronounced as beef supplies shrink.