11.   The company took pains to emphasize that the technology sector is particularly volatile and can fall as abruptly as it rises.

12.   The participants took pains to emphasize their unity, but there were many fissures.

13.   The researchers took pains to emphasize that the finding represented their interpretation, not a flat declaration of discovery.

14.   At almost every stop Monday, Cem took pains to emphasize that Turkey was only willing to give the Afghans the help that they asked for and wanted.

15.   In recent weeks, both Macedonia and the peacekeepers have taken pains to emphasize their common goals.