31.   The first monthly purchase has taken place in about the second week of the month.

32.   The first big purchase came Monday when the couple bought a new car -- a Lincoln.

33.   The order would be the first large-scale purchase of Boeing aircraft since it announced an extensive cutback last week because of slowing demand, mostly from Asian customers.

34.   The order is the first USAir purchase from Airbus and gives the four-nation European consortium a stronger foothold in the North American market.

35.   The summer state of mind concludes with the first purchase of blue-lined, loose-leaf paper.

36.   The two uses are the first purchase of a home and the payment of undergraduate and graduate expenses.

37.   Their very first purchase was Wal-Mart, because every time they drove by a store, the parking lot was full.

38.   They too, are determined to make their first purchase a new home.

39.   This time I make a fire alarm one of my first purchases.

40.   Until the company makes its first purchase, though, Santa Anita will be a drag on earnings, Gosman said.