1.   A year before their re-election victory the Conservatives lagged behind Labour in the opinion polls.

2.   Agriculture was lagging behind the general prosperity levels.

3.   Britain even lagged behind the United States in the provision of industrial recreation facilities.

4.   Britain is lagging behind the rest of Europe.

5.   Britain lags behind its competitors in every measure and is bottom of the league table.

6.   Darr insists, however, that his group lagged behind the opposition, Concerned Citizens for Metro Nashville, until recent days.

7.   Gloria and I were lagging behind the party as it stepped out into the garden via the orangery.

8.   In the total absence of black dancers, Covent Garden lags behind other ballet companies in the West.

9.   The report also said science teaching standards in the early secondary years lagged behind other subjects.

10.   The resettlement programme for peasant families lags far behind its targets.