11.   The Patriotic Front took power after a three-month civil war.

12.   The new government has taken power.

13.   The statement reflected worries among the NATO leaders about the risks as Soviet central control disintegrated and republican governments took power.

14.   The outcome put a question mark over the long-term survival of the centre-left coalition which took power in March with a strong commitment to constitutional reform.

15.   Conservative borough councillors planned to sell the run-down site as a shopping development but Labour scrapped the plan when they took power last May.

16.   Under Russian law, the vice-president, Alexander Rutskoi would take power if the Congress ousted Mr Yeltsin.

17.   An alliance defense ministry representative, Mohammed Farid, said the government would not tolerate any action by individuals who tried to take power by force.

18.   And any weakening of military support for the government in the capital, Kinshasa, could tempt one or more of the rebel groups to take power by force.

19.   And it has lost some ambitious producers and reporters who tired of waiting to take power.

20.   And virtually all military analysts agree that the rebels are not strong enough to take power.