1.   Dissidents in Havana believe his regime would not long outlast the lifting of sanctions.

2.   Many foreign commentators, however, described the lifting of Martial law as a cosmetic exercise.

3.   Therefore the lifting of so much as a strap was unthinkably degrading.

4.   The U.N. Security Council has linked any lifting of sanctions to compliance with the ceasefire terms.

5.   The British Sports Minister is reported to be ready to argue for an experimental lifting of the ban.

6.   One of the preconditions set by the African National Congress for negotiation was the lifting of the state of emergency in its entirety.

7.   Bush said that he would be willing to lift US sanctions once the Pretoria government had fulfilled conditions including the total lifting of the state of emergency.

8.   Traor later ordered the lifting of the state of emergency and the curfew.

9.   Anand made the announcement after student leaders had presented him with a petition calling for the lifting of martial law.