1.   All of which lends urgency to the negotiations.

2.   Some Turks hope the widespread public anger over failures in the relief effort will lend new urgency to proposals to restructure the state.

3.   The prospect that the region could lose not only current business but also the hope of future growth lends added urgency to the need for comprehensive strategy.

4.   These figures should lend fresh urgency to the cause of conservation.

5.   This, in turn, lends new urgency to the search for more drug options and more user-friendly regimens.

6.   Yep, there are all-capital letters here and the obligatory row of exclamation points designed to lend urgency to the message.

7.   Overhead, a gathering haze was a reminder of the heavy cloud cover that will move in in coming weeks, lending urgency to any planned strike.

8.   An ever-widening Belgian murder probe, apparently linked to a child pornography ring, is lending added urgency to the five-day conference.

9.   The failure of the most recent tests of the national defense, however, has lent new urgency to talks with the North Koreans.