31.   More than an inch and a half fell in Abilene, Texas, and several surrounding counties were under flash flood warainings.

32.   Since then, the city has grown into a major retail center for the surrounding rural counties, with rows of shopping centers.

33.   Surrounding counties can be included if cities can prove dramatic commuting patterns.

34.   Surrounding counties donated nurses and needles.

35.   The action will make federal money available in Miami-Dade County and the surrounding counties of Monroe, Broward and Collier.

36.   The quake was felt in surrounding counties and in the northern half of Beijing proper.

37.   Those who can get out can choose among seven designated free-fire zones in the surrounding counties.

38.   Local councillors are campaigning to have the measure spread throughout the surrounding county.

39.   Many visitors were dressed in their finest clothes, but poor peasants from surrounding counties in this central province also turned out in force.