1.   Certainly, no day of their early childhood ever ended without one or both of them being beaten up by some one.

2.   The talks ended without a settlement being reached.

3.   The talks ended without agreement upon a joint statement, with each side adhering to its previously outlined position.

4.   The talks ended without agreement, the two Ministers unable to agree a joint statement.

5.   International negotiations on reducing sulphur dioxide emissions have ended without agreement.

6.   Meetings on Thursday night and Friday morning also ended without a decision to accept the deal which provides for Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.

7.   FORD car workers will strike tomorrow -- the day the Mondeo model is promoted -- after talks over compulsory job losses ended without agreement yesterday.

8.   The furious pace continued in the second half with play sweeping from end to end without either keeper being tested.

9.   Although many Russians see the Kosovo conflict as a bald act of American expansionism, they also want the war to end without deeper Russian involvement.