21.  Citing national statistics, he said half-a-million Chinese crossed the border into Russia each year, many never to return.

22.  Comparable national rates were reported over the past month by national statistics offices.

23.  European Union standards differ slightly from national statistics.

24.  For every rape reported to the police, nine more go unreported, according to national statistics.

25.  He and others say the key is to hold up models of schools that are defying the national statistics.

26.  In Houston, the estimated savings are on par with national statistics.

27.  In Massachusetts, criminal justice officials said they had not studied the problem enough to know how the national statistics compared to the state.

28.  Industry analysts say discount brokers are still too small to show up in national sales statistics, but they are making a splash in some markets.

29.  Istat, the national statistics bureau, will release the official inflation rate on Thursday.

30.  June producer price numbers, which were released by Istat, the national statistics bureau, did not help the bond market, analysts said.