31.   Tackling the problem has taken on a greater urgency because the global economic downturn has only allowed the illicit trade to flourish, she said.

32.   The proposal for a national water council has taken on greater urgency in the wake of the current dry spell.

33.   This depopulated the countryside, and the greater urgency for food security for the burgeoning urban masses brought about a combination of subsidies and higher market prices.

34.   The tensions between India and Pakistan have given greater urgency to the need for other basing options.

35.   Within two minutes, though, the Aussies took the lead their greater urgency deserved when Duff found space on the right.