11.   And sports events often have a highly symbolic patriotic value.

12.   Admittedly, the handover of this tiny outpost has more symbolic value than economic or strategic significance.

13.   But the symbolic value of the agreement is incalculable.

14.   But there is a symbolic value that is important also.

15.   But the US military has hestiated to declare victory, conscious of the symbolic value that bin Laden has assumed.

16.   Few members of a party that receives a majority of its votes from women fail to understand the symbolic value of adding a female name to its leadership.

17.   For Bush, the stop at Dillard has symbolic value in a state that both parties are targeting in the presidential election.

18.   For Vietnam, however, it has a symbolic value beyond that, Rubin said.

19.   For some Russian ballet historians, this production, choreographed by Rostislav Zakharov, has strong symbolic value.

20.   High stakes freight every American action in Asia with intense symbolic value.