21.   The executives allegedly paid millions of yen to the extortionists over the past two years to ensure that shareholders meetings were conducted without disruption, media reports said.

22.   The interrogations, they said, were conducted without torture.

23.   The only remotely tenable charge involves the war in Chechnya, which Yeltsin conducted without seeking the approval of Parliament.

24.   The raids were conducted without a search warrant or an arrest warrant.

25.   The remainder of the draft was conducted without Parcells.

26.   There was a time when a wedding could not be conducted without at least one John Denver song.

27.   What are the consequences, if many routines of modern life can be conducted without human intervention?

28.   Yet research on peer review has found that many studies are conducted without the benefit of adequate consultation with statisticians, sometimes because none are available.

29.   Although the opposition party Democratic Turnhalle Alliance protested alleged voting irregularities, monitors and independent officials said the poll had been conducted without major incidents.

30.   Although the inspections were conducted without major problems, the commission, known as UNSCOM, warned that there could be problems in future inpections.