11.   Thus, there was the hint of a change rather than substantive progress.

12.   Under the two binding treaties signed at Rio, substantive progress has been scant.

13.   After an afternoon of talks Wednesday, chief British negotiator Alan Paul said the two sides made substantive progress and narrowed their differences.

14.   But little substantive progress was expected.

15.   Diplomats see little hope for substantive progress in reviving the Lome Convention at this two-day meeting.

16.   Diplomats see little hope for substantive progress in reviving the Lome Convention, which expires next February, at this two-day meeting.

17.   It is unlikely Clinton would visit North Korea without substantive progress on the missile issue.

18.   Portugal and Indonesia have been negotiating under U.N. auspices for nearly a decade to resolve the dispute but have made no substantive progress.

19.   The session seems likely to produce little if any substantive progress, leaving the two sides even less time to resolve differences.

20.   The session, which lasted more than an hour, produced little substantive progress.