1. One unexpected spin-off of the course was the forming of some really close friendships.

2. Laser research has had important spin-offs for eye surgery.

3. The TV comedy series is a spin-off of the original movie.

4. The research has had spin-offs in the development of medical equipment.

5. The company put out a report on commercial spin-offs from its research.

6. This new material is a spin-off from the space industry.

7. The stage show is a spin-off from a television programme.

8. PacTel said competition, not the spin-off,[http://] has caused financial pressures.

9. We already knew films were just projected light, as a spin-off discovery from experimentation with Park Drives.

10. But the drama of a violent conflict that was caused partly by environmental factors has not had a spin-off effect for turtles.

11. They were probably introduced as a spin-off from the revived interest in heraldry in the early eighteenth century.

12. It was the year of spinoffs, surging financial markets and surfing the Net.

13. But the spin-off will hold exclusive rights to the vaccine and related scientific data.

14. The online catalogue was a spin-off which did not stem from any desire to serve the user better.

15. Speculation of a spinoff has lifted shares in recent months to a record high of 1,() 619 on Jan. 8.

16. All told, $ 75 billion in spinoffs were pending in late December, according to J. P. Morgan.

17. Spinoffs have recently become all the rage, fueled by favorable tax treatment and evidence that shareholders benefit.

18. Project Rialto eventually became Kindsight, a spinoff.

19. Hamas is a spinoff of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and the government of Hosni Mubarak worries about contagion.

20. The carrier expect the spinoff to cost it 2.5 billion pesos in payments to the laid-off workers.

21. Spinoff effect; spillover effect, impact An effect that occurs when an economic unit not directly involved benefits from a transaction, project, etc.

22. While analysts applauded the move as beneficial to Tupperware, some people questioned where the spinoff would leave Premark.

23. Teledyne, which has metals, consumer products, aerospace and other businesses is another spinoff possibility, according to Tuttle.

24. A record 81 companies announced plans to do $ 48 billion in spinoffs last year, according to Securities Data Corp.

25. Analysts said it was difficult to place a value on the spinoff because Payless' capitalization was unknown.

26. The fund's composition changes only when there is a merger, an impending bankruptcy, a dividend suspension or a spinoff.

27. Brigantine Advisors analyst Colin Gillis said the implied $5.7 billion AOL valuation from purchasing Google's stake represents a "floor valuation" as AOL moves towards a spinoff.

28. Thursday's decision represents a turnabout for Ms. Whitman, who, as an H-P director, signed off on the prior plan to consider a spinoff.

29. "This generation is very, very community-oriented, and there's that political spinoff," she said.

30. Business leaders like Standard Chartered Bank head Peter Sands - who is part of a spinoff business summit here - do not.

31. His parents' house filled an exact 20-by-24-foot footprint, a spinoff of Le Corbusier's dimensions.

32. The company said the spinoff is aimed at creating a fund-raising platform for its property operations.

33. Spillover effect, impact; spinoff effect An effect that occurs when an economic unit not directly involved benefits from a transaction, project, etc.

34. The cast of CSI has changed over the years and one of the spinoff shows, CSI: Miami, ended its run last year.

35. "The spinoff move is a big step," he says, because it requires surrendering a portion of the company over to someone else.

36. Several original Key lime pie shops have opened spinoff franchises, inadvertently creating pie-war casualties.