11.  By the end of February all basic services had broken down or had been withdrawn and a mass evacuation of non-Bougainvilleans was under way.

12.  The four ladies found the whole hypermarket shopping experience an immense contrast to the very basic counter service shops that predominate in their home country.

13.  An ambitious social policy will be needed to provide better education and basic services to people living in substandard conditions, he said.

14.  An increase in commercial tax revenue has allowed the city to reduce its property taxes and still provide basic services for homeowners.

15.  And the first step in building an attractive business climate, she says, is concentrating on basic services.

16.  And, many people fear, that could cause computer systems to break down, disrupting basic services such as electricity, water, sewerage and even gasoline supplies.

17.  Anyone without official identification -- which includes virtually all undocumented immigrants -- is shut out of basic financial services in the United States.

18.  As the Russian economy emerges from operating under a Communist regime, basic services such as telephone service are vastly underdeveloped.

19.  As they do elsewhere in the country, fees in New York for basic checking services continue to rise at many major banks.

20.  As recently as a decade ago, many big retailers spent hours indoctrinating sales help into the corporate culture and reinforcing basic service skills.