21.   Declines for energy and for durables used in manufacturing, such as copper and brass mill shapes, outweighed increases for construction materials and for foods and feeds.

22.   Dozens of other sites trade in chemicals, scrap metal, office equipment, construction material and machine tools.

23.   During that time, strong private-sector housing construction contributed to surging prices for cement and other construction materials, which in turn pushed up the inflation rate.

24.   Earlier this month, indications that the economy is expanding spurred optimism that demand for construction materials will increase.

25.   Factory use was depressed by weak production of autos, consumer goods and construction materials as well as a strike at aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co., the Fed said.

26.   Fatra mainly produces floor coverings and construction materials.

27.   Foundries at the segregated state prison in Rusk used African-American inmate labor to make water pipe, bathtubs and construction materials.

28.   H.K. Porter did well during the next decade, diversifying into steel, construction material and hardware.

29.   He had survived an accident when construction materials fell on him.

30.   Here in Cotabato, ethnic Chinese businessmen control the local economy, dealing in everything from rice to computers and construction materials.