31.   Her attorney files the usual last-minute appeals to spare her life.

32.   He wants to offer no defense in a sentencing retrial, denying the existence of reports on his illness that could be grounds for sparing his life.

33.   How many lives would be spared if we were all required by law to wear protective helmets when walking in the city?

34.   If she thought the gunmen would spare her life if she answered yes, she could hardly be called a martyr, Northrup said.

35.   In an appearance on CNN with Larry King that Bush watched, Ms. Tucker asked the governor to spare her life.

36.   In an attempt to save his life, defense witnesses took the stand Monday and said that Maharaj was a respected British citizen whose life should be spared.

37.   In fact, Israeli army officials have said the painstaking ground offensive spared civilian lives.

38.   In the most notorious case of its kind, a South Carolina jury spared the life of Susan Smith in the murder of her two children.

39.   Justice, even for McVeigh, demands that we act with a measure of humanity he lacks and imprison him forever, but spare his life.

40.   Lawyers for Nichols will then call witnesses to argue that his life should be spared.