41.   It said China held the exercises to help bolster its position against Taiwan during the negotiations.

42.   It wants to bolster its position in Europe in the fast-growing dry pet food market.

43.   Its top doctrinal experts announced the release of a book gathering together the major recent church documents on the subject and a raft of scholarly essays bolstering its position.

44.   Jiang has also been trying to use the media to bolster his position as the pre-eminent successor to ailing senior leader Deng Xiaoping.

45.   Meanwhile, both sides are trying to bolster their position in the city.

46.   Many Democrats and civil rights groups say an eventual release of adjusted numbers could bolster their position in such litigation.

47.   Senegalese forces were bolstering their positions around the garrison, bringing up heavy artillery and machine guns, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.

48.   Since then, Aidid has been trying to bolster his position with presidential-sounding decrees and orders.

49.   Tetra Laval wanted Sidel to bolster its position in plastic bottle packaging, in which Sidel is a world market leader.

50.   That gives Trimble just two weeks to hope the IRA will make a new disarmament move that would bolster his position.