11.   Controversy has also surrounded the terms under which Mr McNeill and four other senior education officials have been able to retire early.

12.   Already, the referendum is surrounded by controversy because of a decision to omit a fourth question on the ballot concerning the direct election of the president.

13.   Bonuses have come and gone, often surrounded by controversy, as inducements in racing.

14.   Both withdrawals have been surrounded by controversy, and there are reports that fighting troops have been reintroduced into East Timor.

15.   But controversy has surrounded that proposal, which is subject to Congressional approval.

16.   But fierce controversies still surround risks that experts consider unlikely, such as child abductions or pesticide on apples.

17.   But it arrives on the market surrounded by controversy.

18.   But the controversy surrounds the Cup drivers coming in and bouncing young Busch drivers from qualifying.

19.   But very public controversies have surrounded the competing plans of a handful of companies and agencies for some of the prime facilities within the base.