21.   But Pamela A. Rumpz, Virginia assistant attorney general, argued that no national consensus has emerged on the issue.

22.   But they and others are working separately, not in harness, and thus far no consensus has emerged.

23.   Consensus emerged after a final push by Jan Pronk, the chairman of the talks, who essentially locked himself in a room with a cluster of negotiators.

24.   Consensus emerged that the source of much of that vulnerability lay in the lack of a centralized intelligence authority to anticipate and identify threats to U.S. security.

25.   Despite determined lobbying by Rossello, Congress has failed to schedule such a vote, saying it is waiting for a more clear-cut consensus to emerge on the island.

26.   Dr. Bernard Wood, a paleontologist at the University of Liverpool in England, said that no consensus was emerging on how to interpret the new discovery.

27.   Even from this scant evidence, a consensus emerges.

28.   Even so, the findings have allowed a consensus to emerge, with all parties to the debate able to claim victory.

29.   Eventually a consensus emerges when enough conclusive research is in.

30.   For all the struggle over health care, though, only the murkiest consensus has emerged.