11.   Initial indications were that the education ministry would go to Zevulun Hammer, chairman of the National Religious Party.

12.   Initial indications had him missing the first couple of games this season.

13.   Initial indications were that the event had characteristics of an explosion.

14.   Initial indications are that he succeeded in gaining only minor changes to the original agreement.

15.   It is a grand and glorious trout fishery that from initial indications is well on the road to recovery.

16.   The big role of technology and oil companies in the revisions is an initial indication of the impact of the financial turmoil in Asia.

17.   The initial indication was that it was Republican turnout that was off.

18.   Those initial indications were followed by other, more public warnings.

19.   Police found initial indications of cyanide, but none showed up later in more thorough tests of the water in the electric pot, said the Niigata Prefectural Police.

20.   Police said initial indications pointed to a remote-controlled bomb.