1.   When the drugs companies insisted on time to prepare a response, Judge Bernard Ngoepe called their bluff.

2.   Many police officers will want to remind the Home Secretary as he prepares his response to the Sheahy report that they take special risks and deserve special treatment.

3.   After Oxfeld asked for more time to prepare a response to that proposal, Fisher ordered the hearing continued on Thursday.

4.   But aware of the growing prospects for a trial that could stretch out over several weeks or more, they have begun preparing new responses.

5.   But she said Justice officials were preparing responses to various possible scenarios.

6.   Duckman and his lawyer, Ronald Russo, are preparing a response to the finding, said the lawyers, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

7.   Each day the House Republicans and their staffs prepare the responses, which are not only passed out to media but to the senators.

8.   Gotzsche is already preparing a response to the latest criticisms of his work, and says he has no intention of abandoning the fight.

9.   Goldman is preparing a response to a notification from the commission, known as a Wells notice, that serves as a warning that charges may be filed.