1.   But even after all these measures had been adopted a number of projects continued to operate at a hopeless loss.

2.   Czechoslovakia also sought to create bilateral agreements with its immediate neighbours in central and eastern Europe, but a number of disputes continued to affect relationships.

3.   As the contraction programmes already announced take effect, we expect that employee numbers will continue to fall.

4.   A declining number of people continued to sew shoes by hand in their cottages or little workshops right until the end of the nineteenth century.

5.   So their numbers will continue to grow as a new element in the population.

6.   And analysts expect that number to continue to grow indefinitely.

7.   And Republican numbers in Congress continue to decline with each election.

8.   And that number continues to creep upward, for several reasons.

9.   And the number is continuing to rise.

10.   And the Knicks will continue to struggle if their offensive numbers continue to slide.