1.   The preparation intensified earlier this month as singers and technical staff arrived and started rehearsals.

2.   Nevertheless calls for a congressional inquiry into the October Surprise allegations increased throughout the month as further circumstantial evidence was uncovered.

3.   I once spent many months as a student using the papers of Francis Place, the radical reformer of early nineteenth-century Westminster.

4.   John Major must have pondered that question several times in past months as various Cabinet ministers depended on his support after making curious decisions on public or private issues.

5.   Analysts said they expect the price to decline during the next few months as the prospect of a Labour government increases in the U.K.

6.   Analysts expect the central bank to cut rates again in the next few months as economic growth and inflation slows.

7.   An inexpensive Italian wine dressed up in a cheap wooden box and tied with a red ribbon sells for half again as much this month as in September.

8.   Analysts predict more failures this month as e-commerce players realize they can not survive another holiday season.