11.   Earlier, however, the meeting cemented the public image of the Reform Party as a bickering group more occupied by procedural matters than issues of interest to voters.

12.   Given the tendency of judges to defer to prosecutors in procedural matters relating to criminal cases, the ruling by Dolan did not shock anyone.

13.   He has also kept a low profile on impeachment, voting with the GOP on several procedural matters but breaking away to vote against calling Lewinsky as a witness.

14.   His beloved older brother, Robbie, died while the politicians dickered about on simple procedural matters.

15.   His final vote was cast on a procedural matter involving a bill to put a moratorium on letting states tax Internet sites.

16.   Hour after hour of impenetrable debate on procedural matters nearly emptied the room of the considerable media contingent that crowded the room when the hearing began in the morning.

17.   Judge sets procedural matters for the September Microsoft antitrust trial.

18.   Legal experts said that investigation was a procedural matter to be conducted by the juvenile court system.

19.   Most Americans probably see the debate over the new veto as an esoteric discussion of a procedural matter that has little impact on them.

20.   Most of the exchanges were about procedural matters, phrased in the formal language of legislative rules.