1.   One or two of the surrounding faces expressed alarm but loud laughter was the general response.

2.   His parents have expressed alarm about his safety.

3.   To back-benchers who expressed alarm at VAT on domestic fuel, Mr Lamont and Mr Major simply invited them to step into the real world.

4.   At their annual trade show today, cable companies expressed alarm at the prospect of competition from B T.

5.   And at least one starter expresses alarm at the general effort.

6.   And last week, Harvard College admissions officials released a paper expressing alarm that incoming freshmen were arriving at school on the edge of burnout.

7.   And many white law school students have expressed alarm at the admissions figures for this year.

8.   Arab officials expressed alarm Tuesday that the violence in Lebanon is spilling out of what had been accepted as routine sparring between Israel and the militia backed by Syria.

9.   As Gore was hailing the new ratings, however, others were expressing alarm.

10.   Bank of England Governor Eddie George today expressed alarm at the prospect of introducing the euro at a time of high and unequal unemployment levels across the continent.