1.   Here it is necessary merely to stress that an applicant has the right of appeal to the secretary of state against conditional permissions and refusals.

2.   This would imply the acceptance in principle of paying compensation for virtually all refusals and conditional permissions.

3.   The US Energy Department has been allowed conditional permission to store radioactive and hazardous waste in an underground salt cavern in New Mexico.

4.   Piccard and Jones, who had obtained conditional permission, had previously said they might take off as soon as Sunday.

5.   Piccard and Jones, who obtained conditional permission, had said they might take off as soon as Sunday.

6.   But the team has received conditional permission from China for this attempt, flight director Alan Noble told a news conference in Geneva.

7.   But the team has already received conditional permission from China for this attempt, flight director Alan Noble told a news conference in Geneva.