1.   Imada also cited the decision by Tada Corp., a general contractor, to file for bankruptcy protection yesterday afternoon as supportive for bonds.

2.   The preliminary report on the first-quarter gross domestic product is expected to be supportive for bonds.

3.   We got into slumps and he was just as supportive for me as I was to him.

4.   And Yeltsin, while fully supportive for now, is notoriously fickle.

5.   Greek Cypriots generally feel sympathetic and supportive for the fellow Orthodox Christians of Yugoslavia.

6.   Private reports of colder weather this weekend were cited as supportive for energy futures.

7.   MacMillan said that while the fundamentals remain supportive for all the metals at present, the fund activity is exaggerating the gains.