21.   In Britain the early surveys were primarily concerned with discovering the material conditions in which the population lived.

22.   Market research surveys were probably the first type of opinion survey to be used and as early as the first decade of the twentieth century.

23.   The social survey was, in fact, only a minor player in the research game.

24.   For last three years the opinion survey has been on line on PROFS.

25.   It has a questionnaire capability enabling widescale surveys to be undertaken.

26.   The survey is the most comprehensive ever undertaken in a British city, and the first of its kind in Scotland.

27.   Surveys are a way of life with an I B M. as they are in many companies today.

28.   A second survey was undertaken to establish the level of loss of requested items over a six month period.

29.   Now another survey is to be carried out to establish the amount of damage and the expected costs of maintenance.

30.   The survey is expected to take two months to complete and will be carried out through questionnaires sent to venture capitalists and advisers throughout the EC.