1.   This part of the country is extraordinarily rich in small sects that grew up and flourished in the last two or three centuries.

2.   According to Jean-Francois Maier, a well-known Swiss authority on small sects, Jouret had lectured about several subjects.

3.   Corneau and members of her small religious sect from Attleboro certainly fit that bill.

4.   Gilani, leader of a small Islamic sect, Tanzimul Fuqra, was arrested in Rawalpindi and taken to Karachi, police officials said.

5.   Helbrans heads a small Hasidic sect.

6.   It was about this time that Aum changed from a small sect preaching the virtues of yoga and carrot juice into an increasingly introverted and paranoid clan.

7.   Meanwhile, some residents speak of a small radical Muslim sect to which the young men were said to belong, saying that it preached violence against non-Muslims.

8.   The impact of the deaths has stunned surviving members of the small sect.

9.   A smaller Islamic sect known as Ismaili Muslims and a small Shiite sect led by Karim Khalili also joined the military alliance.

10.   Mrs. David sought a shunning order after hearing that rabbis belonging to small ultra-Orthodox sects in New York had used the nidui.