1.   The government trod carefully, however, and the two regions remained at peace.

2.   Government should tread lightly on regulating speech over the air waves.

3.   So far, the government has tread lightly around Eaton.

4.   The closeness of the vote means the Swiss government will tread carefully.

5.   The French government has trodden cautiously, as it aims to avoid any resurgence of the unrest that crippled the country with union strikes in December.

6.   Thus far, the government has trodden softly, making no attempt to evict them by force.

7.   Health officials in New Zealand reacted with alarm and called on the Cook Islands government to tread carefully.