1.   After lengthy debates in each national parliament, ratification took a further year to complete.

2.   The lengthy debate on the bill was marked by acrimonious exchanges and was adjourned once.

3.   A NEW supermarket planned for Richmond was thrown out by district councillors last night after a lengthy debate and a close vote.

4.   A Mexican official who spoke on condition of anonymity said that there was a lengthy debate within the government over whether to invite the OAS delegation.

5.   After a lengthy debate, faculty leaders narrowly defeated the plan.

6.   After lengthy debate, the committee approved an amendment offered by Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, that would allow the Pentagon to begin dismantling the missiles.

7.   After that, Republicans want to move the nomination immediately to the Senate floor for what is expected to be a lengthy debate.

8.   But after lengthy internal debate, the Ministry of Public Security ruled that there was nothing illegal about two people of the same sex living together.

9.   But specialists doubted this will happen without lengthy debate and a government mandate.

10.   But the ministers could not agree after a lengthy debate, so they instead vowed to continue assessing the level of threats.