21.   As head of numerous international scientific committees, Bolin has helped provide a sound scientific basis for decisions about global warming and greenhouse gases, the release said.

22.   Intervening in Kosovo would require a sound legal basis.

23.   Intervening in Kosovo, however, would require a sound legal basis.

24.   The charges against Ranariddh are generally seen as having a political purpose rather than a sound legal basis.

25.   These aims have no sound basis in international law, and ought to be rejected.

26.   France also fears that the regional sanctions may not have a sound legal basis, western diplomats said.

27.   French Finance Minister Jean Arthuis said France had attacked the problem of putting public finance back on a sound basis with determination.

28.   Delay would be damaging economically because it would remove pressure on member states to put their public finances on a sound basis.

29.   Western diplomats said that France questions whether the regional sanctions have a sound legal basis.

30.   Sources close to the finance ministry implied recently that more radical action was needed to put its finances on a sound basis.