11.   Objects and buildings made by people in the past offer a direct link with the past.

12.   Suggestions made by Arthur Holmes and others that continents could be moved by convection currents within the mantle were ignored rather than countered by opponents of drift.

13.   Expert clauses and terms of reference may characterise the decision the expert is to make by the use of certain adjectives or longer, more elaborate qualifications.

14.   Is the contract on written standard terms if the terms are held on a word processor and one term is altered for dealings with a particular customer?

15.   Are terms standard on the first occasion they are used?

16.   A business has negotiated a set of terms for use on all contracts with a particular customer.

17.   The first admissions were two months ago, but Mrs Hymes will today make history by becoming the oldest woman to hold the title.

18.   If the judge makes a mistake by imposing too severe a sentence, then the accused can, and often does, appeal to a higher court.

19.   The proposals fall short of demands made by Scottish Natural Heritage and environment groups, which have called for a ban on tanker traffic in the Fair Isle Straits.

20.   Do you think you could make it by half past?