31.   A spokesman for the Social Services Department, Terrance McGrath, said the agency would appeal the ruling, which was handed down about a week ago.

32.   Access to oil and its revenues remains in the grip of an elite, and ever-shrinking cuts from that revenue are handed down the societal food chain.

33.   But he also handed down the most mild punishment possible against Potts and announced that he would be promoted to deputy director of the FBI.

34.   But in recent months, appellate courts have been handing down contrary decisions.

35.   But Monday, she handed down a decision that, if it caused discomfort for the president, seemed to sadden the judge, too.

36.   But in handing down the sentence in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, the judge said the city deserved much of the blame.

37.   But state investigators concluded that Speth had deliberately broken the bone during his examination, and an indictment was handed down two months ago.

38.   But the judgment handed down last week by a federal jury in Greensboro, N.C., was not against the supermarket chain.

39.   But their unsigned, unanimous ruling, handed down last Monday, showed no strong partisan inclination, no avowed liberal or conservative influence.

40.   But younger children are often using slower computers handed down when their parents upgraded, and some new software titles may not run on their machines.