31.   Should the revenue shortfall continue next year, it could depress the long-term fiscal outlook.

32.   Solbes said structural reasons were as important as the cyclical impact of the global downturn and urged the Portuguese government to make an extra effort to tackle revenue shortfalls.

33.   Sybase management said in a conference call with security analysts that the revenue shortfall came from lower than expected sales in North America and Europe.

34.   The board also was disappointed that Wetsel and some other senior executives sold tens of thousands of shares of Borland stock in February, before the revenue shortfall surfaced.

35.   The city has promised that an insurance policy will guarantee that no taxpayer funds will pay the debt if the complex has a revenue shortfall.

36.   The domestic revenue shortfall was caused largely by a badly executed barbecue grill promotion that gave retailers until June of this year to pay for goods purchased last December.

37.   The government is expecting a tax revenue shortfall this year.

38.   The revenue shortfall resulted partly from the unexpected strength of the dollar, which depressed the reported value of overseas sales.

39.   The test comes at the end of a miserable year, filled with revenue shortfalls, product delays and the resignation of its chief executive, Carl Yankowski.

40.   These days, there can be steep price declines at almost any sign of earnings or revenue shortfalls.