31.   The decline continues a see-saw pattern that saw orders fall in August and rise in September.

32.   The decline continued throughout the decade.

33.   The decline in exports continued a trend evident in earlier months.

34.   Those declines continued as the company was implicated in the scandal over payments to racketeers.

35.   Thomas A. Reppetto, president of the Citizens Crime Commission, said he was hopeful that the declines would continue.

36.   While Mayor La Guardia shut down the striptease shows during the war, the decline continued.

37.   In its quarterly report on asylum claims, the EU statistical agency Eurostat said the decline continued a four-year trend.

38.   Michael Chen of Golden Securities International Corp., in Taipei predicted Wednesday stock declines will continue until the dollar stabilizes against the yen and German mark.

39.   Mr Yeung expects the decline will continue.

40.   Sato said there were no immediate signs of improved sentiment and declines would likely continue in coming months.