11.   BA is lobbying for changes to the system as a way of winning approval for the pact.

12.   Both appear to understand that there is little hope of winning congressional approval for a constitutional amendment outlawing all abortion.

13.   Boeing has already been told it could have a tough time winning approval from European regulatory authorities for its planned acquisition.

14.   Boeing, for its part, has been told it could have a tough time winning approval from European regulatory authorities for its planned acquisition.

15.   Across the Atlantic, Boeing officials are huddling with their attorneys, mapping out concessions aimed at winning European approval of their merger with McDonnell Douglas.

16.   Administration officials have consulted closely with business lobbyists to gauge support for a deal on Capitol Hill and to plan strategy for winning approval.

17.   Bush received strong cooperation from Bullock and other Democratic legislative leaders in winning approval of many of his priorities during his first year as governor.

18.   But Nemtsov would have had a much harder time winning parliamentary approval.

19.   But the process of winning regulatory approval for the merger is moving along slowly, at least in part because of the deposit dilemma.