11.   Inside and outside of their country, senior Bosnian government officials signalled that an offensive was in the offing.

12.   Lyakhovsky said a major ground offensive would be the only way to attack Afghan guerrillas.

13.   Meanwhile, there is evidence that a big offensive would be a risk for the alliance.

14.   Sharon said the offensive was necessary to combat increasingly lethal suicide bombings that had killed dozens of Israelis during the previous month.

15.   That is why there has been such a public relations offensive about the new bill.

16.   The Bosnian offensive was near Tuzla, the second-largest government-held town in Bosnia after Sarajevo.

17.   The charm offensive was on.

18.   The military offensive has been widely popular among Israelis, who have been exhausted, depressed and frightened by a deadly wave of suicide bombings.

19.   The offensive was barely under way before one of the Afghan columns was bloodied and retreated.

20.   The Russian offensive has already been costly.