11.   As is the case with most government subsidies, politics played an important role in guaranteeing this one.

12.   As usual, politics will play a big role in Naples.

13.   Between geographic distance from home and distinctions between secular schools and Baylor, Baptist politics does not play much of a role for Sanders.

14.   Abortion politics have never played well in Florida.

15.   Administration officials said that politics played no role in their decision.

16.   Administration officials said politics played no role in any funding decision.

17.   Bush, speaking at a news conference in London on Thursday, said politics would play no role in his decision.

18.   But Michael D. Hess, the corporation counsel in the Giuliani administration, said Monday that politics had played no role.

19.   But in politics even playing it safe has risks.

20.   But Parker said he did not think that politics would play an important role.