21.   Smith left immediately after the meeting collapsed without making a statement.

22.   That meeting collapsed without an agreement on a new round of trade liberalization negotiations.

23.   The agreement collapsed without being implemented.

24.   The challenge collapsed without a shot being fired.

25.   The initial trial collapsed without verdict in April.

26.   The proposed system could collapse without support of the island nations, a Foreign Affairs Department spokesman said.

27.   The ruling coalition would collapse without the support of the Social Liberals, meaning a failure to agree could force early elections.

28.   The talks collapsed without agreement and a Palestinian uprising erupted three months later.

29.   They found it impossible to settle all the differences in four days and the meeting collapsed without agreement.

30.   Totuk said there were no fatalities and only one building, already damaged by the previous quake, collapsed without hurting anyone.