11.   A perfect landing is far from certain, because military sales continue to shrink.

12.   A Texas Transportation Department spokeswoman said a reduction is surprising since gasoline sales continue to rise in the state.

13.   But almost everyone predicts that sales will continue to slip.

14.   But economists said they expect sluggish sales to continue until the second half of the year, when interest rates might drop slightly.

15.   But even as PC sales continue to grow, and the PC grows in power, complex networked computing systems grow still more demanding.

16.   But he predicts that sales will continue to grow for the next couple of years.

17.   But it said it expected its own sales to continue to outperform those of the industry over all.

18.   But nationwide, specialty coffee sales continue to enjoy double-digit growth as more consumers find out just how good coffee can be.

19.   But its sales continued to grow at an anemic rate, reinforcing concerns about plans by the telephone giant to keep pace in the fast-growing communications industry.

20.   But sales are continuing to set records, and the earnings decline may be largely a result of an accounting hiccup.