31.   That title is intended to strike a note of defiance.

32.   Thewlis manages to strike both notes, but you sense he is hardly stretched by the assignment.

33.   When a false note is struck, as when a woman falls to the floor in convulsive manufactured sobs, it clangs loudly.

34.   When they turn their attention to coverage of religion in the news, media critics often strike a note of complaint, contending that the subject is underreported.

35.   A sour note was struck by the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party.

36.   Alison Nicholas struck a note for the little people at the Hawaiian Ladies Open.

37.   But the victory clearly struck a note of fear into the political scene.

38.   Capriati struck a note of maturity in her mea culpa, yet she revealed how fragile she remains, leaving the tournament once again in tears.

39.   Not surprisingly, the most optimistic note was struck by Veljko Odalovic, the Serb governor of the Kosovo region around Pristina.

40.   One of the aims of the WHO project would be to try to strike a note of consistency, he said.