21.   But not all members, including the United States, has had instructions from their governments on a preferred option.

22.   But their preferred option, simply getting rid of it, fell two votes short of the two-thirds needed to change the Olympic charter.

23.   DINING out or stopping for a cuppa at a sidewalk cafe is a preferred option for many city-dwellers around the world.

24.   Finally, they will vote on the preferred option, with a two-thirds majority required for approval.

25.   For some ageing systems, replacement may be the preferred option.

26.   Most cited the United States and Canada as their preferred option for permanent resettlement.

27.   Reinforcing the peacekeepers with a rapid reaction intervention force to prevent harassment or attacks from Bosnian Serbs is the preferred option.

28.   President Jacques Chirac has left open the possibility France could support a military strike, though French diplomats on Tuesday indicated tougher sanctions were the preferred option.

29.   Some of the NATO countries, including the United States, did not have instructions from their governments to indicate a preferred option.

30.   Ahern has said his preferred option for a new administration is another coalition with the PDs.