61.   Heavily unionised, they have symbolic value and are a stronghold for the Labour Party.

62.   Although the six-day stay is officially restricted to protocol, the French government is playing up its symbolic value and stressing recent growing ties with Japan.

63.   But the loan issue has an important symbolic value because Japanese businessmen see the provision of loans as a green light from their government to invest, explained Miniawy.

64.   The sum is minuscule compared to the overall budget, but it has significant symbolic value for Clinton because it funds programs he has staked out as his priorities.

65.   The sum is miniscule compared to the overall budget, but it has significant symbolic value for Clinton because it funds programs he has staked out as his priorities.

66.   Observers said the assistance probably will pack much more symbolic value than monetary worth.

67.   Officials of the elected Palestinian Authority, which governs the autonomous areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, said the meeting had great symbolic value.