1.   A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Museum said the museum had no knowledge of the impending sale.

2.   But many tenants have left because of the impending sale.

3.   But there were no announcements, no ovations, no hint of an impending sale on this final Carter-era night.

4.   It makes one worry about the impending sale of the team.

5.   Officials of both APV and CS First Boston declined to confirm or deny the impending sale.

6.   Rumors of the impending sale had been circulating among retailers for weeks.

7.   So it would be understandable if the Dodgers were concerned about the impending sale of the team to media magnate Rupert Murdoch.

8.   Some, including France, Germany and Belgium, have been reluctant to open their telecommunications markets amid impending sales of national monopolies.

9.   Some, including France, Germany and Belgium, have been reluctant to open their telecommunication markets to competition amid impending sales of national monopolies.

10.   Speaking in Detroit Wednesday, Hughes Electronics chairman C. Michael Armstrong declined to comment about the impending sale of his company.