11.   If so, it would take poor performance over a sustained period to persuade investors to switch.

12.   In the past, very few advisers have been genuinely value-oriented for sustained periods.

13.   It might take a sustained period with the gold price at that level to see significant mine closures, he said.

14.   Many went through a sustained period of grief immediately after the death.

15.   Moreover, the difference between reported profits and operating profits has grown over a sustained period, as companies have become more adept at making operating numbers look better.

16.   Sharon and his close aides have said that direct dialogue with the Palestinian leadership will not resume until rioting and armed clashes subside for a sustained period.

17.   The development of democracy and a market economy requires a sustained period of political stability.

18.   The reality of it is that there are still but a handful of programs that have committed the resources for a sustained period to build powers.

19.   The test that he underwent determines whether his rapid heartbeats could take place for a sustained period, and thus pose a potentially life-threatening problem.

20.   There is no danger of deflation -- a sustained period of falling prices -- occurring in Germany, Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer said.