1.   His words were ringing in her ears now although they had had little impact before.

2.   The Precautionary Principle suggests that we should do more to understand the long-term impacts before proceeding.

3.   We were allowed a split second to brace for its impact before crashing through.

4.   Some passengers, like Clemens, remember the crash as the blink of an eye, an instant of impact before finding themselves outside on the ground.

5.   The newcomers demanded that the town study the environmental impact before letting the man reopen the track.

6.   Yet questions remained about whether NATO strikes, which so far seem only to have strengthened Serbian resolve, could make an impact before the ethnic Albanian population disappeared.

7.   Welteke said the Bundesbank wanted to allow a previous cut in short-term leading rates to have maximum impact before moving to cut rates again.

8.   The environmental group also urged using a broader system of issuing permits for industry polluters which would have to be reviewed for their environmental impact before receiving licenses.