21.   A Bank of Japan official said the survey reinforces the assessment that a gradual economic recovery will continue.

22.   After that, JLW expects a gradual recovery.

23.   But the economy started to stabilize in the fourth quarter, with some sectors staging a gradual recovery.

24.   Hayami said the package will prove helpful and he held out hope for a gradual recovery.

25.   President Boris Yeltsin continues to make a gradual recovery from double pneumonia but will stay in the hospital at least through the weekend, his spokesman said Friday.

26.   The gradual recovery will likely to tag along closely with its demerger plan.

27.   This augurs well for its short-term price trend that it is likely to embark on a gradual recovery to correct its overbought imbalances.

28.   What the government has done promises better results in the present struggle to tame the economic turmoil and pave the way for a gradual recovery.

29.   He said expectations were rising that a rebound in bank lending will lag substantially behind the gradual recovery emerging in the economy.

30.   In the second half, the economy showed gradual recovery on increases in public sector and corporate capital investment, it said.