11.   The outlook now is starkly different.

12.   Tomorrow should brighten up with sunny intervals and the outlook for Friday is mainly dry with sunny spells.

13.   Because he had been brought up in England, his outlook was broader than that of the majority of Russian nobles.

14.   Although he liked parades and reviews, his inclinations were not really militaristic.

15.   Meanwhile the Society of Motor Manufacturers today said the immediate outlook is bleak.

16.   The economic outlook is likely to be a heavy influence, one thing concerning a lot of people is the winding up of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation.

17.   Mr Eddie Scrivens, director of finance at Wear Valley district council, said the outlook was extremely bleak.

18.   But the current strength of the US dollar, if maintained, would have a positive impact on sterling profits and the long-term outlook was encouraging.

19.   Mr Gray said that the outlook for tenants was bleak, with the Government showing that council housing was low in its priority list for spending.

20.   Although first-half net profit almost quadrupled, the full-year outlook is more modest.