11.   It is an offence to demolish or to alter a listed building unless listed building consent has been obtained.

12.   The articles are on public record and the purchaser runs the risk of a disgruntled shareholder seeking to have the sale set aside if its consent was not obtained.

13.   It is rarely necessary to obtain government consent before selling a business to a non-UK purchaser.

14.   Where the child is of sufficient understanding the local authority must also obtain his consent before departing from the terms of an order.

15.   And a pharmacist does not have to obtain consent from a customer before providing advice about over-the-counter medications.

16.   And the doctors concede they have made trivial errors in trying to follow federal guidelines for obtaining consent from research subjects.

17.   A federal trial judge ordered the Commonwealth of Virginia not to begin enforcing a law requiring underage women to obtain the consent of one parent before securing an abortion.

18.   Both said doctors in training should obtain consent before practicing new techniques on patients, and should be closely supervised by an experienced doctor.

19.   But once again, that kind of agreement is not possible unless the Kirch Group and Canal Plus obtain the consent of Bertelsmann.

20.   But the rules required Lott to obtain unanimous consent, and Daschle objected.