1.   I accept his statement as the word of a right hon.

2.   In business organizations the increasing tendency has been to use the basic financial statements as a measure of performance.

3.   Some cynics might dismiss such statements as cosmic hyperbole.

4.   She dismissed the statement as an empty threat.

5.   A spokesman for Friends of the Earth described the statement as an important breakthrough.

6.   Where the evidence is not agreed the court may admit the statement as evidence-in-chief and allow the witness to be tendered for cross-examination.

7.   GRAMPIAN Police are investigating a road accident death after claims that officers stood taking statements as the victim lay dying.

8.   Although not as grand an architectural statement as the porte-cochere, it served as the forerunner of the modern garage.

9.   Although the Kremlin denied it, many saw the statement as a veiled invitation to begin talks on a political solution to the war.

10.   Analysts said they took both statements as positive for Telekom.