1.   Also, a change in sentiment toward the Japanese market contributed to the bond market declines in Germany and the U.S., Chakraverty said.

2.   An investment downgrade of Applied Materials Inc. at Smith Barney Inc. further dampened sentiment toward technology issues, traders said.

3.   At the rally in Provo, Bush elaborated on his sentiments toward the Arizona senator.

4.   Bonds sales in the U.S. influence the Canadian market and because investors gauge demand at sales as an indicator of sentiment toward fixed-income securities.

5.   A Toyota spokesman insisted, however, that the floor number said nothing about corporate sentiment toward Gazoo.

6.   But he said it was too early to say that the negative sentiment toward Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac generated by the threat from the Treasury had changed.

7.   But protectionists say sentiment toward kangaroos in Australia is often ambivalent at best, hostile at worst.

8.   But protectionists say sentiment toward kangaroos is often ambivalent at best, hostile at worst.

9.   Butler admitted there was sentiment toward starting the strike Thursday.

10.   For that reason, traders said the communique did little to improve sentiment toward the dollar.