31.   Political pundits predicted victory for the incumbent government in April elections.

32.   Pundits predicted he lacked the charisma to get the job done and would be out in months.

33.   Pundits had predicted a high turnout because of furious campaigning by both sides.

34.   Pundits had predicted an antitrust ruling against the merger.

35.   Pundits predict that neither the Congress Party of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao nor its leading rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, can win a majority.

36.   Pundits were predicting a low turnout as voters remain uninspired by the choice of candidates.

37.   Pundits had predicted the party would virtually disappear.

38.   She made the statements with such force on national television that pundits later predicted she may have saved her career with the performance.

39.   She made the statements with such force on national television Monday that pundits later predicted she may have saved her career with the performance.

40.   She spoke with such conviction that pundits predicted she may have saved her career.