1.   Besides the principal spokesman or main financier for each group, several stars spoke.

2.   But it was unclear how much work remained in ironing out details and obtaining cooperation from South Korea, the main financier of the deal.

3.   During talks in Kuala Lumpur in June, North Korea reluctantly agreed to accept two reactors built by rival South Korea, the main financier of the project.

4.   South Korea is the main financier of the new project.

5.   The collapse of the Hong Kong property company was responsible for bankrupting its main financier, Bumiputra Malaysia Finance.

6.   The United States, Japan and South Korea are the main financiers of the project and they have yet to agree on their share of the cost.

7.   Washington insists that Seoul, the main financier of the project, must build the reactors.

8.   Israel says that Iran is the main financier of Islamic Jihad.

9.   Vivendi owns the popular French pay-per-view television group Canal Plus, which is the main financier of French films.