1.   But the U.S.-sponsored peace process that has sputtered along since then failed to yield the anticipated final agreement.

2.   Negotiators in Geneva reached their final agreement just hours before the midnight deadline.

3.   In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person.

4.   The debates over the merger had precipitated a number of leadership changes in the old parties and alliances in the months leading up to the final agreement.

5.   He pledged that any final agreement would be subject to a referendum.

6.   The final agreement was that he would serve only on the Russian Front.

7.   Mr Gillespie maintained that the correspondence was no more than a stage in negotiations and that there was no final agreement.

8.   Although a final agreement had not been reached, Lott said there could be one as early as Thursday.

9.   Although the standoff Friday ensued because of a dispute over education, other issues are also standing in the way of a final spending agreement.

10.   An IMF audit and negotiations would precede a final agreement.