Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stock to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were.

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to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
that they will be more conservative than they have been to sent dividends

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