1.   It comes as no surprise that such a verdict should have been arrived at.

2.   And observers say the superheated abortion issue will make such a verdict even more difficult to obtain.

3.   A guilty vote requires two thirds of those voting, and Johnson escaped such a verdict by one vote.

4.   But for most new economy stocks, such a verdict is years away.

5.   Such a verdict is, in truth, a rather gloomy thing to write at Christmas.

6.   The first such verdict, by a Houston jury, was later thrown out by the trial judge.

7.   The settlement wipes out the risk of such a verdict.

8.   While Trager did not commit to overturning a guilty verdict under those circumstances, he repeatedly mentioned his misgivings over such a verdict.

9.   A Syrian lawmaker was sentenced to five years prison Thursday for trying to illegally change the constitution, the second such verdict against a parliamentarian in recent weeks.

10.   Tsibliyev and Lazutkin had apparently anticipated such a verdict.