31.   Their activities remain minor in scale and organisation.

32.   Those activities will remain banned even with state funding.

33.   Today, the National Association of Purchasing Management is expected to report that U.S. manufacturing activity remained sluggish in March as the General Motors Corp. strike slowed production.

34.   Though public political activity remained constrained by the seven-day period of mourning for Rabin, there were stirrings on various fronts.

35.   Until now, their political and religious activities have remained apart.

36.   Underwriting activity remains robust, and corporations are merging at a record pace.

37.   Activity remained light, with most investors waiting to see who will become the new finance minister.

38.   Activity also remained sparse because of the Christmas holiday in many countries.

39.   Activity also remained sparse because of the Christmas holiday in many foreign countries, they said.

40.   Activity also remains sparse because of the Christmas holiday in many countries overseas.