1.   This new tool has spurred many studies of acidification, and is being applied to other issues such as runaway algal growth and climate change.

2.   Because the gene is a vital cancer fighter, producing a protein known to inhibit the runaway growth of cells.

3.   Environmental degradation, stagnant economies, hunger, malnutrition and child deaths plague poorer countries experiencing runaway growth, the report said.

4.   For a normal cell to become a cancer cell, it must defeat the various safety circuits that protect against runaway growth.

5.   Investors fled the stocks of computer chip makers after Texas Instruments predicted that the runaway growth in chip sales in the first half of the year would slow.

6.   Last year, Beijing demanded a virtual freeze on new aircraft orders in a bid to reign in runaway growth in the industry.

7.   Profits from consumer PCs, despite runaway growth in unit shipments, remains flat as margins continue to shrink.

8.   Runaway growth has leveled off.

9.   Sugen is a leader in the field of anti-angiogenesis, the attempt to shrink tumors by crimping the supply of blood that fuels their runaway growth.

10.   Texas Instruments reported higher revenue and earnings but also forecast that the runaway growth in chip sales in the first half of the year would slow.