31.   On Friday the union postponed a nationwide one-day strike to protest the measure, in hopes of finding consensus with the authorities.

32.   President George W. Bush said Tuesday he is nearing consensus with Congress on a stimulus plan that could boost the economy without doing long-term damage.

33.   Still, he stressed that the plan could succeed only in consensus with utility companies.

34.   The government had issued guidelines to employers to come to a consensus with their staff on working arrangements when the black-rainstorm warning was issued.

35.   The officials said they were confident a consensus with Japan would be reached, she said.

36.   Tung stresses patriotism, stability and consensus with China rather than confrontation.

37.   Pakistani Foreign Minister Yaqub Khan arrived here on Wednesday in a bid to forge a consensus with Iran on bringing peace to war-torn Afghanistan.

38.   On the watchdog TMB, diplomatic sources said decisions were to be taken by consensus with disclosure of the arguments backing such decisions.

39.   The Labour opposition has maintained a bipartisan consensus with the Major government on Northern Ireland for the last four years.