31.   Murayama has in the past expressed his intention to step down, but has not done so for fear of weakening his three-party coalition.

32.   Quasar Carriage executive chairman Tengku Datuk Adnan Tengku Mansor said that Ideal Medical had expressed its intention to penetrate the Malaysian market two years ago.

33.   Saefuddin has expressed his intention to challenge the enormously popular Megawati, a candidate from the Indonesian Democratic Party.

34.   She said SportsLine had expressed its intention to keep the MVP.com site alive at least through the transitional phase, but deferred to SportsLine for details.

35.   Several large foreign investors as well as Thai companies with foreign partners have already expressed their intention to bid for the assets.

36.   Ten cities have expressed their intention to bid, including Beijing, Paris and Toronto.

37.   The ailing fugitive expressed his intentions in a statement released through a family friend and in an e-mail sent to Scotland Yard.

38.   The Japanese side expressed its intention to take concrete steps in financial assistance to Ukraine, it said.

39.   The present governor, Yasuo Matsushita, expressed his intention to step down last Wednesday following the arrest of a senior central bank official on influence-peddling charges.

40.   The prime ministers of India and Pakistan have expressed their intention to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations General Assembly, which began last week.