31.   The contractor said a steel door will not fit, because such doors come in only two sizes.

32.   The contractors have not said how much the strike is costing.

33.   The British Museum as a whole is built of Portland stone, and it was this form of limestone that the contractor said it had delivered to the museum.

34.   The contractor involved said he never intended to cheat anyone, but circumstances beyond his control last year left him unable to repay A.M. before now.

35.   The contractors said they plunged into the rescue and recovery efforts just hours after the terrorist attack, even though they did not have insurance coverage.

36.   The contractor said he would weatherstrip the bottom of the sash for airtightness and trim the sill to fit.

37.   The contractor said it could take three or four years to finish the process, which one official said was to be completed in October.

38.   The contractor said such big tiles break easily when installed.

39.   The contractor said the new kitchen could be completed in four weeks -- six weeks, tops.

40.   The contractors have said that ordinarily they would not have undertaken a run-of-the-mill project, let alone one like the trade center cleanup, without basic liability coverage.