1.   The constitution guarantees federal payments, but that does not mean they have to be made on time.

2.   The constitution guarantees freedom from persecution on grounds of race, sex, or sexuality.

3.   The constitution should guarantee respect for equality and autonomy, yet leave individuals to pursue their own interests as they wish.

4.   Although the constitution guarantees every child a free education, hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguan children are not in school, child welfare agencies say.

5.   Although the Chinese constitution guarantees a wide range of rights on paper, they are narrowly defined or not respected in practice.

6.   But a majority of the Court of Appeals ultimately rejected the argument, reasoning that the constitution only guaranteed a system of free schools.

7.   But Ms. Stewart, the Indian minister, said the constitution actually guarantees natives special rights simply because they were in Canada before Europeans arrived.

8.   But the constitution guaranteed the inviolability of private homes from all forms of eavesdropping, including long-range or concealed electronic devices.

9.   The Chinese constitution already guarantees the freedom of peaceful assembly.

10.   The constitution guarantees all South Africans broad freedoms of speech, movement and political activity.