1.   As a signal, the Republicans put off the start of formal debate until Thursday.

2.   After saying he would not take part in any debates until January, Bush participated in three this year, and the first was in New Hampshire.

3.   But they decided not to take up the debate until after the elections.

4.   He has no plans to schedule debates until December, saying voters are not yet paying attention.

5.   Putting off debate until next year, he said, would open the door to legislative obstacles.

6.   The alcohol-abuse problem in the department has rarely become a matter of public debate until after a tragedy or a scandal.

7.   The Democratic candidates are not scheduled to debate until next month.

8.   The government later postponed the remaining debates until further notice.

9.   The issue had largely vanished from public debate until now.

10.   Voters were surveyed starting on the evening of the second presidential debate until the day after the third and final debate.