1.   However, this does not mean that the courts will act as an appeal tribunal in respect of decisions of the Panel.

2.   The tennis courts act as helicopter landing pads.

3.   A military court acts as a criminal court in most respects, including the need for prosecutors to prove any charge beyond a reasonable doubt.

4.   Actually, Congress might do it before the court can act.

5.   For although Chinese courts rarely act on an important case without instructions from Communist Party authorities, they are meticulous about following legal procedures.

6.   It was unclear Friday night when the court would act on the request.

7.   Just as the court does not act in isolation from the rest of the legal system, cases on its docket do not exist in isolation from one another.

8.   Khatami has not commented on the trial except to assure foreign visitors that it would be fair and the court would act independently.