11.   Higher mortgage rates are depressing home sales, though manufacturing and consumer confidence gains continue to provide a sturdy backbone for the U.S. economy, new reports showed today.

12.   If investors flood the fund with money, the question of whether those gains can continue looms larger.

13.   If the boom-and-bust history of venture capital is any indication, the gains will not continue forever.

14.   If they continue, productivity gains could continue to be a powerful force holding inflation down, perhaps for years.

15.   In the fourth quarter, investors expect the gains to continue.

16.   Last month, Johnson even suggested that if technology gains continue the Masters someday might have to consider implementing its own equipment restrictions.

17.   Such gains have continued after ADRs have been issued.

18.   Stronger-than-expected manufacturing gains in December continued to offset earlier declines.

19.   Such gains should continue in the months ahead, according to the National Association of Manufacturers.

20.   The big gains cannot continue indefinitely.