11.   To try to stem the risk, the US Department of Energy has created at least two programs, though they conceded that the risk still exists.

12.   Whatever risks exist, they argue, are outweighed by the potential benefits, even if their arguments sometimes tend to hyperbole.

13.   He said that until there is a party to challenge the ANC at the polls, the risk exists of South Africa drifting into a one-party state.

14.   That risk does exist.

15.   The Russian government appeared to concede for the first time during the summit that such risks could exist, but no agreement was reached on amending the treaty.

16.   But in a warning against complacency, he said the risk still existed of another five years of Conservative rule.

17.   EU mediator Carl Bildt has warned however that this risk also exists if the UN stays and seeks to take a tougher line with the Bosnian Serbs.