1.   In the tightly-knit Victorian family, this prospect of permanent separation was more terrible than death itself.

2.   Battered women find it difficult to make that permanent separation and often return to their abusers.

3.   For some families, the financial impact of the situation is less threatening than the possibility of permanent separation.

4.   Often deprived of the main source of their income, relatives face an indefinite wait for family members whose detention may end with deportation and potentially permanent separation.

5.   On a few occasions, this led to their permanent separation.

6.   Unlike his marriage, his partnership with Bouley ended in a permanent separation.

7.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Thursday approved preliminary plans by the police minister for a permanent separation between Israel and the Palestinians.

8.   Aziz claimed the draft resolution envisages the permanent separation of the Kurdish-controlled region in the north from the rest of Iraq.

9.   Nonetheless, there were mounting calls inside and outside the government for a permanent separation of Israel from the autonomous areas.

10.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Thursday approved preliminary plans for a permanent separation between Israel and the Palestinians.