1.   Outside experts say the plans offer a basis for a compromise that would stabilize the program.

2.   They offered some basis for source material, but it was my impression that she threw those drafts away as irrelevant. . . .

3.   The United States abruptly suspended talks in late August, charging that British proposals at the time offered no basis for further discussion.

4.   The United States abruptly suspended talks in late August, charging that British proposals offered no basis for further discussion.

5.   Washington abruptly suspended negotiations in late August, charging that British proposals at the time offered no basis for further discussion.

6.   Milosevic, his spokesman said, agreed that the plan offered the basis for a settlement to the conflict.