11.   The ethics matter took its toll in another way.

12.   The matter has taken on more urgency now, as cattle prices hover near a nine-year low in an election year.

13.   Though virtually no one here says that the antitrust case has distracted them from their work at the company, the matter can take a psychological toll.

14.   Bulgaria says economic matters should take precedence.

15.   China and Taiwan are heirs to opposing sides in a seven-decade civil war, and even simple matters take on political overtones.

16.   Charges of corruption are frequent, and people say their lives are blighted by official bureacracy, which means even small matters take days to resolve.

17.   Matters almost took a turn for the worse when Loh informed her fiance.

18.   The haze was so severe that the matter took centre-stage at the Seventh Formal Asean Ministerial Meeting on Environment in Jakarta in September.

19.   University of Michigan anthrax researcher Philip Hanna said security matters have taken time he could otherwise spend on research.

20.   While Inonu emphasized the importance of the Parliamentary Assembly as a political body of the organization, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georgi Pirinski said economic matters should take precedence.