1.   The earliest known example of the Roman bishop exercising jurisdiction is painful.

2.   Its exit into the Tiber can still be seen in Rome near the Ponte Rotto.

3.   The earliest known example is at Pompeii and the largest is the Colosseum.

4.   The earliest western examples are in the Mausoleum of the Palace of Diocletian at Split, the fifth century baptistery at Naples and in S. Vitale, Ravenna.

5.   Although the earliest examples were free-blown, later pieces were molded.

6.   Heyworth said investors will inevitably look to British Telecom as the earliest example of the risks facing privatized telephone companies in Europe.

7.   In dissent last week, Scalia managed to come up with the earliest known example of government regulation of golf.

8.   In the earliest examples, the pictographic style and restricted palette of hide painting are still in place, as is its function of conveying prowess and prestige.

9.   Some of the earliest examples of biography and autobiography in the world.

10.   The breast cancer drug Herceptin is the earliest example.