But the drug agency will be asked to scale back spending in areas like community enforcement even as it seeks to add agents on the street, officials said.

They spend more time with the agent, so we add more agents.

Instead of adding preservative agents, increased hygienic precautions can be taken during production.

Teams would rather fill holes by adding free agents.

He said he felt he had the financial backing to add marquee free agents to the roster if he so desired.

But these side effects can be managed by careful monitoring, switching to newer drugs, lowering the dosage or adding benign counteracting agents.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also added agents devoted to environmental crimes.

Concerns about germs have driven companies to add antibacterial agents to products like cleansers and soaps.

As its business grew, the firm soon began to add agents to the 26 it started with.

The F.B.I. has added extra agents to the case to review old evidence and try to develop new leads.