1.   Changes in policy have weakened the power of the trade unions.

2.   Labour would disrupt industrial peace by weakening the power of management and the courts.

3.   These committees were spreading throughout Spain on a local and provincial level, weakening republican power.

4.   But for many in France, that arrangement has weakened the power of the presidency.

5.   But the success of that action did little to calm the fears that Western resolve to weaken the power of Karadzic is faltering.

6.   It comes as consumer groups and state governments across the nation are pushing for new laws to weaken the power of health maintenance organizations with tougher regulatory control.

7.   Ironically, he says, efforts to promote democracy may have weakened the power of the state.

8.   Kathy Walt, a spokeswoman for Perry, said the governor is concerned about efforts to weaken the powers of the governor.

9.   Political concerns about the sale of these banks have come as the country prepares for contentious parliamentary elections that could weaken the power of the dominant Liberal Democratic Party.

10.   Rafsanjani, still a powerful figure, favors some elements of the reform program but is opposed to weakening the power of religious officials.