21.   Many locals are upset about the lack of big names such as Peter Brook, Ariane Mnouchkine and Bob Wilson, whose presence here gave theatergoers many memories.

22.   Their presence gives the Bosnian Serbs considerable leverage in pressing the United Nations for concessions.

23.   Yet the presence also gave relief groups security that had been lacking and curtailed widespread looting and hijacking of aid convoys.

24.   American university rules forbid non-student athletes from training alongside university teams, in case their presence gives the student athletes an unfair advantage.

25.   The presence of clerics gave weight to the decision to sack Sheikh Ghaith, which has been proposed in the past but only by political figures.

26.   Their presence also gave confidence to the poorly paid, under-armed and disillusioned government troops, he said.

27.   That media presence has given the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement rebels one of their few forms of communication.