11.   David Bowen, secretary of the Northern Ireland FA, said earlier in the day that the matter would be referred to FIFA if Sunderland failed to relent.

12.   The Office of Fair Trading, which investigated the supply of tickets, said yesterday that it would not be referring the matter to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.

13.   But workers rejected that offer and the matter was referred to the national executive of the Amalgamated Engineering, Electrical Union, which ruled in favour of the action.

14.   Although the federal agency does not have the power to levy fines or file suit, it can refer the matter to the Justice Department for action.

15.   And at the last moment Friday afternoon they referred the matter to the House ethics committee instead.

16.   And the judge referred the matter to the professional conduct committee of the Arkansas Supreme Court, which could disbar Clinton or impose some lesser punishment.

17.   Asked about this, an NAR spokeswoman referred the matter to Homestore.com, a publicly held company in Thousand Oaks, which manages the Realtor.com Web site.

18.   A CIA official who screened the manuscript decided that it was an unauthorized release of classified material, and referred the matter to the FBI for investigation.

19.   A month later, she referred the matter to the FBI, she said.

20.   A team would fly in from Washington to run a media campaign if the matter gets referred to the ballot in the next general election, LaSota said.