31.   Some researchers immediately attributed the outbreak to the transmission of disease from mad cows but others sought different explanations.

32.   That family came to the office the next day, seeking an explanation.

33.   The administration said it was investigating the matter and seeking an explanation from Moscow.

34.   The annual Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak early this week, prompting phone calls to meteorologists seeking explanations of all aspects of the event.

35.   The annual Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak this weekend prompting telephone calls to meteorologists seeking explanations of the event.

36.   The approach of the Hyakutake comet this weekend, like the occasional meteor showers that illuminate the night sky, prompts telephone calls to meteorologists seeking explanations.

37.   The release angered some among the motorsports press corps, who sought an explanation from NASCAR president Mike Helton.

38.   There are questions to be asked, issues to be raised, reports to be scrutinized, explanations to be sought, analysis to be done.

39.   Their general managers did not return telephone calls Friday seeking explanations for the timing of the promotions.

40.   There, they sought an explanation but got none.