11.   The reviews have taken months, Googins said, and the independent assessments for each company have cost as much as several hundred thousand dollars.

12.   The Senate has already asked the General Accounting Office to furnish an independent assessment that will likely reflect a much higher price tag.

13.   The space agency and two independent assessment teams are evaluating whether NASA can pay its share of even the smaller version of the space station.

14.   The Taliban rulers have expelled almost all foreign journalists, making it difficult for media to acquire independent assessments of the U.S.-led air war against Afghanistan.

15.   There is no independent assessment of the medical effects of the exposure to chemicals the bombing caused.

16.   Announcing the approval, Environment Minister Robert Hill said an independent assessment of hydrogeological information had confirmed the proposed mining operations would be environmentally safe.

17.   But an independent assessment from the forensic psychiatrist is not available, Bolton said.

18.   Face said the bid would be subject to an independent assessment.

19.   However, he said he would first seek an independent psychiatric assessment of Catts and take this into consideration when passing sentence.

20.   No independent assessment of the battle situation was possible since the government bars journalists from visiting the war theater on their own.