21.   BR has also decided to give Middlesbrough, Stockton and Hartlepool more direct links with Carlisle with the addition of an extra through service.

22.   A BR spokesman yesterday said the direct link was ending because of poor patronage.

23.   A DML spokesman denied a direct link between its submarine refit proposal and its talks with the MoD.

24.   Although research has yet to prove a direct link between diesel emissions and asthma, studies suggest that diesel exhaust can help cause attacks.

25.   Among the changes that Clinton offered but did not achieve last year was a direct postal link between Cuba and the United States.

26.   Analysts see a direct link, though, between a successful IGC and monetary union going ahead, whether or not the tough economic conditions are met precisely.

27.   And it also wants to own the direct link to the customer.

28.   And since the modems can also communicate with others in their signal area, direct links between buildings are possible.

29.   And tracking work records indicated a direct link between time spent at the pool and likelihood of infection.

30.   As the direct links disappeared the series and its audience seemed to grow ever narrower in their taste, convening solely for scripted nostalgic song tributes.