31.   Experts say there is now wide agreement that hepatitis B, in and of itself, is no longer a valid reason to deny someone a liver transplant.

32.   He said there have been valid reasons for the jump in stock prices over the last few years.

33.   He said the city would argue that the government had no valid reason for discriminating against legal immigrants by cutting off welfare benefits.

34.   He said there were probably valid reasons for the inaction.

35.   His lawyers appealed, arguing that his failure to admit guilt was not a valid reason to deny relief.

36.   However, there are perfectly valid reasons to use it.

37.   I had valid reasons for a four-year deal.

38.   If Rauf were disruptive the NBA would have a valid reason to punish him.

39.   Illinois Gov. George Ryan might have valid reasons for ordering a moratorium in his state.

40.   It should require law officials to acknowledge that they had no valid reasons for what they did.