21.   But federal authorities are considering the feasibility of trying.

22.   But it has proven so popular that the regional transportation authority is considering making the massages a more regular feature.

23.   But the authorities are considering lowering the level of the pond to search in marshy areas.

24.   But the authorities consider only two of those messages to be authentic and even those raise suspicions about the real purpose of the abduction.

25.   But the late Hawaii tally was not decisive to the election, and authorities do not consider it a good precedent.

26.   Crews have been stretched so thin that the federal fire authorities are considering tapping the U.S. Army and Marine Corps but so far have not called them to duty.

27.   Even before the shootout, authorities considered Brown a habitual criminal.

28.   Federal and provincial authorities were reportedly considering forcibly evacuating some regions rather than allowing people to stay in their homes as temperatures drop.

29.   From one end of town to the other, which is not more than several blocks, people said they were stunned that the authorities considered him a suspect.

30.   Georgia authorities did not consider that to be a big deal.