31.   BHP attributed the profit increase mainly to increased prices for copper.

32.   Board member Barbara Boudreaux said she would consider granting pay increases to all school employee groups and restoring eliminated jobs, such as those of gardeners.

33.   AAUP officials credited the national increases to a healthy economy boosting federal and state goverment revenues.

34.   Airlines and maritime companies suffered similar fuel-price jolts and along with the truckers were unable to fully recoup those costs through price increases to their customers.

35.   All of the diversification at Dial resulted in an increase to the bottom line last year.

36.   All attributed the profit increases to higher sales.

37.   But although Bell Atlantic is offering increases to longtime retirees, activists describe the raise as too little in an era of high rents, food and transportation costs.

38.   But Fromberg attributed the increase to hotter weather this season and a telephone number for complaints that is easier to remember.

39.   But he attributed the increase to the highly competitive nature of many important races.

40.   But Johnston also attributed the increases to constant reminders in music and films that using drugs is acceptable.