21.   After consensus has been reached, MITI issues a report recommending a course of action to the industry...

22.   And it was at one of the sessions earlier this year that a consensus was reached that Clinton did not really need to announce he was running for president.

23.   And presidential politics have helped hobble attempts to reach consensus.

24.   As a result, despite repeated efforts to negotiate among themselves more attractive alternatives to the June accord, the companies could not reach a consensus.

25.   As for methyl bromide, a naturally occurring compound, the scientific community has reached no consensus on its role in ozone depletion.

26.   As the commission begins its final meeting Monday in Dallas, it will almost certainly fail to reach a consensus about what national policy to recommend.

27.   At a White House meeting with his senior advisers on Friday morning, Bush reached no consensus on a range of issues, officials said.

28.   Because of their wish to reach group consensus before making a decision, Japanese are fast at executing a project but notoriously slow at reaching agreement.

29.   Beyond that, conference organizers expect to reach a consensus to return works to their owners or their survivors.

30.   Bishop Robert E. Mulvee of Providence said the bishops have largely reached consensus on the tougher zero-tolerance policy.