31.   Indeed, Chou had already extended the invitation for a U.S. emissary to visit Beijing, but the Americans had been dilatory in responding.

32.   Invitations are extended at the suggestion of doctors, hospitals and support groups.

33.   It has been a full month since Yeltsin extended his invitation.

34.   It has been a month since Yeltsin extended his invitation to Clinton.

35.   Jan Bullock, widow of former Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, said Bush campaign manager Joe Allbaugh extended the invitation about two weeks ago.

36.   Ivers said he did not expect the club to extend invitations to any of the other candidates.

37.   Mellie Monster states that her birthday is coming up, and she wants to extend invitations.

38.   Mike had someone call to extend an invitation to drop by and talk politics for a while.

39.   No less than Vafa Guluzade, national security adviser to the president of Azerbaijan, publicly extended the invitation last week.

40.   Now that the invitations have been extended, the prospective new members will begin negotiating the conditions for their entry.