31.   Both camps hope to arrange a Lewis-Tyson showdown sometime this year, but prospects remain uncertain.

32.   But longer term economic prospects remain pegged to the ability of the government to speed up reform.

33.   But prospects for talks remained dim amid the ongoing violence.

34.   But prospects remained dim amid the ongoing violence.

35.   But with haze remaining a lingering threat and a water shortage disrupting manufacturing activities, the prospects remain uncertain.

36.   But the prospects remained uncertain on Monday.

37.   DESPITE the economic problems, tertiary education prospects for Malaysians remain bright and encouraging.

38.   Harvest prospects remain bleak again this year, and the shortages are likely to continue, she said.

39.   However, prospects remain bleak for the revival of peace talks that broke down in January.

40.   However, cease-fire prospects remained murky after the three-hour meeting, held in Tel Aviv.