1.   Not suprisingly today customers in Banbury welcomed the prospect of lower perfume prices.

2.   A senior union official welcomed the prospect of a buy-out.

3.   While welcoming the prospect of more officers on the front line against crime, the police are concerned the proposals will have to be funded from existing budgets.

4.   And as more companies welcomed the prospect of hearing their name broadcast during every game, the cost of naming rights skyrocketed.

5.   Boehner has said he welcomes the prospect of Watts and Dunn taking more visible positions within the party, just not his position.

6.   But as the markets welcomed the prospect of a slowdown, the administration saw the report as signaling that economic growth was still robust and creating new jobs.

7.   Governors of both parties welcomed the prospect of new autonomy and flexibility, promised by House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other Republicans.

8.   Local and national civil libertarians welcomed the prospect of a prisoner-based political coalition.

9.   Of all the Washington officials who welcomed the prospect of a Republican Congress producing a balanced budget, few were as optimistic as those at the Federal Reserve.

10.   Several of these representatives said they welcomed the prospect of finding new clients.