11.   The smoke signals from the central bank suggest further cuts are coming.

12.   Further cuts in spending are needed.

13.   A reform of the public sector would also include further job cuts.

14.   Reports indicated that resistance to further cuts in production had come principally from Saudi Arabia which had withstood similar pressure in March.

15.   Although Keating once again expressed optimism that the recession was bottoming out, he ruled out any further cuts in interest rates in the immediate future.

16.   There were constant announcements of further cuts and closures, an unending stream of private message and public ambiguity.

17.   Further cuts would be cutting into the bone and not the flesh.

18.   While mortgage holders will be disappointed at the lack of further cuts, it will be welcomed by savers.

19.   None of this though guarantees the armed forces will be spared from further cuts.

20.   The decisions came as M Ps warned that cuts the treasury are said to be seeking, would leave Britain unable to defend itself.