11.   But the blame, he contends, lies less with Greene than with forces beyond his control.

12.   China says it has no interest in projecting military force beyond its borders, arguing that it wants to maintain regional stability and focus on its own economic development.

13.   In modern India, the utility of the garbage bag may be a force beyond even the spirituality of the cow.

14.   In general, optimists attributed bad events to forces beyond their control, while pessimists tended to blame themselves when things went wrong in life.

15.   In my view, the doctrine has little if any independent legal force beyond what would be dictated by normal principles of contract interpretation.

16.   It comes as the Bush administration and other nations have decided not to expand the international peacekeeping force beyond the capital, Kabul.

17.   It is, instead, a sympathetic account of the lives of men who have been tossed about by forces beyond their control.

18.   Many real-estate brokers reject accusations of racial steering and say they are being unfairly blamed for forces beyond their control.

19.   Much more often they express regrets, blame global forces beyond their control, fatten severance packages for workers and announce layoffs well in advance of the final day.

20.   More often than not, Cuomo attributed his governmental disappointments to forces beyond his control.