1.   Ferry schedules and precise timings are subject to weather conditions on the day of departure.

2.   If they are rational, firms will realize that such disturbances can occur, even though they can not forecast their precise timing.

3.   The precise timing of this Decision remains a mystery.

4.   The precise timing varies from year to year and place to place, but the winter and spring are generally bone dry.

5.   The problem of historians is to analyse the reasons and the precise timing of the changes.

6.   The key issue was the precise timing and stage at which the Irish government would enter such talks.

7.   The precise timing of this process is largely irrelevant.

8.   The score shows evidence of many cuts, restorations, reworkings and alternatives, with precise timings to the nearest quarter-minute given for all movements except one.