11.   He noted that growth had been accelerating as the year progressed.

12.   September also produced a veritable barrage of disappointing earnings forecasts by bellwether companies that got worse as the year progressed.

13.   The NHL has said the Senators have the right to declare that the year has progressed too far for him to be able to fufill his obligations.

14.   The Sooners lost a school-record eight games for a second consecutive season and actually regressed as the year progressed.

15.   As the year progressed, the commodity prices also became firmer because of strong demand from traditional markets like China, India and Pakistan.

16.   But as the year progressed it became clear the recessions in Mexico and Argentina were isolated cases.