31.   If there is no acknowledgement of this reality, discussions will have to start from scratch, liberals were quoted as saying.

32.   If there is no acknowledgement of this reality, discussions will have to resume from zero, liberals were quoted as saying.

33.   It has been only discussion of we have to win first in Charlotte before we think about it.

34.   But discussions have yet to move into the realm of official negotiations, and the two sides are still far from talking figures.

35.   But discussions had yet to move into the realm of official negotiations, and the two sides were still far from talking figures.