21.   Australian building materials supplier James Hardie Industries Ltd. gets its first indication that national building activity is mounting when pipe sales climb.

22.   A court hearing Friday could give the first indication which side holds the upper hand.

23.   A clash may provide the first indication of a larger problem, such as poor vision, hearing difficulty or information-processing problems.

24.   Also Wednesday night, Israeli officials gave their first indications that some parts of the operation might be concluded soon.

25.   Brown said that the first positive indication that China was ready to resume a human rights dialogue came from Prime Minister Li Peng in a meeting on Monday.

26.   But even as the Otis Bantum case was being investigated, the first indications of violence at the disciplinary segregation housing area were being reported to correction officials.

27.   But he observed that the first indication of VRS is when the aircraft violently rolls over, usually too close to the ground to recover.

28.   But his comments were the first public indication of how agency officials intended to use the surplus.

29.   But his victory was not the first indication of the increasing influence of the hard right in Europe.

30.   But in an interview with the NTV independent television network on Sunday night, Akchurin provided the first indication of how long a delay might be necessary.