31.   He was helped by a rule never used before, allowing him to add hitless at-bats to give him the required number of plate appearances to qualify.

32.   Its five members of parliament signed his petition, giving him the required number, after Begin signed up five members of parliament on his own list.

33.   The challenges claim McCain failed to obtain the required number of signatures from party members who reside in those districts.

34.   They issued the challenge on Sunday as they admitted they were finding it difficult to get the required number of nominations to join the NPC race.

35.   A proposal by Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd. to privatise a Hong Kong-listed property firm failed Wednesday when the required number of shareholders refused to back the plan.

36.   California authorities have not yet sorted through all the applications to determine whether Perot had indeed reached the required number of voter petitions.

37.   The required number changes now and again but is not influenced by politics in particular countries.

38.   Sensi won all three rounds of voting but fell five short of the required number of votes in the third and final round.