21.   Government economists attributed the fall to depressed oil prices and weak demand from major Asian markets.

22.   It attributed the fall off to declining demand, especially in Japan and China.

23.   Most analysts attributed the fall to bad local news and worries over U.S. interest rates.

24.   Ship brokers attributed the fall to slower global economic growth participation in Far East Asian markets.

25.   That fall was attributed to heavy trading overseas in reaction to the higher-than-expected U.S. trade deficit released on Wednesday.

26.   The company management attributes the fall in share prices to depressed stockmarket conditions, expanded equity base and to a certain extent to the slow growth in profit margins.

27.   The association attributed the fall to one fewer operating day in the month than the previous year.

28.   The company attributed the fall to tougher North American competition, softness in the European battery market and considerably higher marketing expenses.

29.   The fall has been attributed to a gasoline shortage that hit the former Soviet republic this summer.

30.   The fall was attributed to an expansion of operations inside and outside Jordan, as well as expenditure on modernization of its branches in Jordan and Gulf Arab countries.