31.   The rumpus has made all the optimistic statements about unity and harmony ring a little hollow.

32.   It is far too early to make sweeping statements about gene therapy.

33.   Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.

34.   I disagree with your earlier statement about my record on this issue.

35.   This is his first public statement about the investigation.

36.   Libelous statements about a celebrity for which the tabloid was sued.

37.   The advertisement included misleading statements about the product.

38.   A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president.

39.   Criticizing Vatra Romaneasca, Tokes demanded a statement about its proposal to investigate him and nine others for threatening the security of Romania.

40.   The history of administrative ideas and management theory is a history of prescriptive statements about how organizations ought to be structured to achieve their goals.