21.   She, however, said that reviving the banking sector would take years because of an alarming level of bad debts from dying corporations.

22.   Russ Kisby, president of the nonprofit fitness outfit, said the closure comes at a time when obesity among Canadian children has reached alarming levels.

23.   Tests have found alarming levels of zinc and lead and untreated sewage in the river.

24.   The study by the Regional Environmental Coordinating Committee said the bay is showing an alarming level of disease-causing bacteria.

25.   In Brussels, EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Emma Bonino added to the calls with a warning that food supplies in Albania had reached alarming levels.

26.   In Brussels, EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Emma Bonino added to the calls, warning that food supplies in Albania had reached alarming levels.

27.   The tougher punishments come as official corruption cases have reached alarming levels and cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

28.   Then, earlier this month, military authorities admitted that a young man doing his national service had shown alarming levels of radioactivity in a normally routine test.

29.   There has been worrying decay in recent years, and some of the waterways contain alarming levels of chemical and industrial waste, Mikhailov explained.

30.   Most member states have embarked on measures to trim the deficit after it surged to alarming levels and drew criticism from the International Monetary Fund.