11.   A Human Resources Ministry spokesman said no backups existed of the files, which included health, tax, travel, employment and welfare records.

12.   A parallel market exists of smuggled cigarettes sold on street corners and markets that is estimated to account for about one in every five cigarettes sold in Italy.

13.   But the state is pushing on with the project, trying to provide jobs where virtually none exist outside of farming.

14.   Evidence also exists of government-sanctioned harassment and torture of Muslim converts to Christianity.

15.   Hard times have arrived all right, but no signs exist of a massive pullout of Japanese funds from the United States.

16.   He says their experiences suggest that consciousness exists outside of any brain or body, linking people with each other and the broader world.

17.   He pointed out that no evidence exists of either woman ever calling the police.

18.   HRA officials have conceded that no formal record exists of a final evaluation of the bids.

19.   If evidence existed of discrimination in the state lending industry, there would be an outcry, said John Heasley, executive vice president of the Texas Bankers Association.

20.   In fact, a deliberate policy existed of not telling the public anything very much.