11.   Snyder broke precedent last week and said several times that he thought Bishop deserved to win the Heisman Trophy.

12.   The committee broke precedent by debating and voting on the legislation in public.

13.   The hearing breaks several precedents.

14.   The White House has been a mediator, and, breaking precedent again, has not deferred to London on matters involving Northern Ireland.

15.   This is no time to break that precedent by throwing up our hands and declaring that the peace process is finished.

16.   Well, as the first Jewish Veep choice, he breaks a precedent.

17.   Dick Cheney has already broken every precedent that Al Gore set.

18.   Now that Sumitomo has broken the precedent, analysts expect other financially strong banks to follow suit.

19.   But in moving them toward fruition he broke two precedents.

20.   The catalogue to be released Tuesday of the collected possessions of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is shattering records and breaking precedents.