1.   Compaq itself agreed that the ruling narrows the definition of prohibited tax shelters.

2.   The ruling has narrowed the legal recourses for those injured in ski accidents.

3.   The ruling narrows the field of competition to run cellular systems in competition with service now provided by state-controlled regional units of Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA.

4.   The preliminary ruling would narrow the field of competition to run cellular systems in competition with service now provided by state- controlled regional units of Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA.

5.   The ruling greatly narrows the sort of deals that the Internal Revenue Service can disallow as having no purpose besides tax avoidance.

6.   The ruling narrowed the previously broad interpretation of patent claims.

7.   This ruling significantly narrows this case and removes the breakup cloud from the company.