1.   Despite corn acreage increasing by ten percent last year, nitrogen fertilizer sales dropped by more than ten percent.

2.   Sales have dropped dramatically, necessitating cuts in production and employment.

3.   Although record sales have dropped, Oasis is still selling oodles of concert tickets.

4.   Although sales dropped in some cases, later studies found the contraceptives to be safe.

5.   Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News had forecast sales would drop.

6.   And what does the state gain if ticket sales drop because of the new campaign and thus reduce revenues for education?

7.   Apple still sells PowerPC computers, but its sales have been dropping recently.

8.   As beer sales drop in mature markets and the industry consolidates, some major Western brewers are venturing into Asia, where alcohol consumption is booming.

9.   As his record sales dropped, Brown turned up the burner on his partying lifestyle.

10.   As sales dropped, inventories got bigger and bigger.