11.   These men brooked no dissent and played crucial roles in determining the shape, growth and self-image of their respective cities.

12.   He brooks no dissent, and the population remains extremely impoverished despite gas riches.

13.   Karimov runs the country in the style of a Communist boss, brooks no dissent and has clamped down on non-state sanctioned Islamic groups.

14.   Like his revered predecessor, dictator Kim brooks no dissent and has rarely ventured abroad.

15.   Long used to being told what to do by a state that brooks little dissent, voters were expected to back Bashar Assad overwhelmingly.

16.   He is a rags-to-riches Afrikaner who brooks little dissent in any camp once his mind is set on a certain course.

17.   But the sentence was in line with a new strategy adopted by Beijing, a commitment to brook no dissent, regardless of international criticism, observers said.