41.   Facing a big deficit the French attacked in the second half with much more determination although some of their touch kicks still went astray.

42.   There probably will be a small supply surplus this quarter compared with the big deficit in the first half.

43.   Malaysia had some balance of payments problems, he said, citing a surplus in trade with the United States and a big deficit with Japan.

44.   Share prices here fell early on continuing consolidation of record high values last week and in response to an unexpectedly big British public deficit, analysts said on Monday.

45.   The cut is the only real message of Christmas cheer for an economy assailed by slowing output, falling retail sales, stubbornly high unemployment and big pubic deficits.

46.   The economy has been in a tense situation for several months owing to a shortage of liquidity and a big fiscal deficit.