1.   Although the agreement will affect few customers now, it is the first such pact.

2.   And they say the time for such a pact is now.

3.   Because the countries of the region are in such varied economic stages, such a pact is a long way off, Zoellick said.

4.   Even if such a pact were reached, the two countries could retarget their weapons at each other in a matter of minutes.

5.   For the richest country in history to accept such a pact -- warts and all -- was an act of national courage.

6.   In the Senate, members gave voice-vote approval to the free trade agreement with Jordan, the first such pact Washington has reached with an Arab country.

7.   It is the first such pact between the U.S. and an Asian trading partner.

8.   It was the first such pact between the U.S. and an Asian trading partner.

9.   State officials said then that it was the first such pact in Montana that was reached by negotiating and not by courtroom strife.

10.   Such a pact is especially important at a time when the United States is fighting terrorism, he said.