1.  But over all, the increased compensation is twice the size most other companies will give their workers this year, according to compensation experts.

2.  DNA Sciences and most other companies want to find some disease genes themselves.

3.  For one, the CWA faced a far easier situation putting the organization move to a vote at Lucent than it would at most other companies.

4.  For employees of SBC, and of most other companies, traditional coverage with no restrictions on choice is virtually dead.

5.  Like most such companies, it relied on the stock market to fund its exploration.

6.  Most other companies have consolidated scores of different models into fewer than half that many platforms.

7.  Most other companies have been reluctant to divulge their time-frames for turning a profit.

8.  Some investors believe that wide gap will make deals impossible for most other companies.

9.  Steel and shipbuilding companies, which have to borrow more money than most other companies, are hurt by higher interest rates.

10.  That is just past the seven-year period in which Hancock, like most other companies, is recouping the up-front commissions it pays to sales representatives.