21.   Or was it external forces beyond our control, attempting to take us down a notch or two, that have put us in this depressed state?

22.   Tagliabue stressed that the depressed state of Veterans Stadium, which has received national headlines, is a concern.

23.   The occasion would have called for grandcelebrations but for the depressed state of the financial and stockmarkets in the region.

24.   The police deployment was the biggest ever in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, an economically depressed state in former communist east Germany.

25.   The survey also showed that firms are expecting manufacturing output to expand, but the CBI remains sceptical about this given the depressed state of order books.

26.   It added that until these countries re-enter the market, the current depressed state of the mohair market is likely to continue.