21.   Britain lags behind other European countries in this respect.

22.   Sport, he says, is being ruined by administrators, with the result that our sportsmen and women are lagging behind the rest of the world.

23.   The programme was conceived because Scotland seriously lags behind UK and European competition in the creation of new, fast-growth companies.

24.   To date, the UK has lagged behind other countries in terms of NGV technology.

25.   International tests show that attainments in Mathematics by British teenagers lag behind German and Japanese teenagers by the equivalent of two academic years.

26.   Britain lags behind the rest of Europe.

27.   Already Texas lags behind states such as California in participation in higher education.

28.   Almost without exception, these funds have disappointed, failing to match the overall market and often lagging behind the competition in their categories.

29.   AltaVista has lagged behind its competitors in adopting this approach, but is now making up for lost time.

30.   Although ticket sales are not a problem for the Rangers, the news media exposure of the sport lags behind baseball, football and basketball.