21.   The Police Department said this would jeopardize the investigations, and the city decided it could not use the homicide records, potentially weakening its case.

22.   The result is a kind of rhetorical hysteria that ultimately weakens the case for war because the text is so confused.

23.   Their reluctance to sign has been portrayed by Western officials as weakening the case against Belgrade and leaves Holbrooke with little ammunition for his meeting with Milosevic.

24.   This blurs the line between herbs and traditional drugs, further weakening the case for making a legislative distinction between the two kinds of remedies.

25.   Although some political parties have criticised the government and supported BUETTA, this has weakened its case because they belong to one political camp.

26.   But the lie, discovered by Immigration Department officials who intercepted her mail, only weakened her case by providing officials with a reason to deport her.

27.   But that case has been weakened by higher inflation from March to May.

28.   Human rights groups welcomed the ruling, contending the decision to throw out the bulk of the charges did not significantly weaken the case against Pinochet.

29.   Human rights groups welcomed the ruling, contending the decision to throw out the bulk of the Spanish warrant did not significantly weaken the case against Pinochet.

30.   Karadzic, indicted by the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, might hope that his appearance in France would weaken the case for pressing charges against him.