31.   The pay minuet involves consenting adults.

32.   The transactions are voluntary and generally take place between consenting adults.

33.   These were consenting adults, and the unwritten rules are as formal as those of the minuet.

34.   This time, though, they are echoed by economists generally known for their distance from the fray and faith in contracts signed by consenting adults.

35.   What they do behind closed doors, as long as it hurts no one else and is between consenting adults, is their business.

36.   What is the problem with sex between consenting adults?

37.   Who am I to interfere with a consenting adult?

38.   Homosexual relations between consenting adults are legal in Israel.

39.   It argued that the magazine had international stature and worldwide appeal and should not be denied to consenting adults.

40.   Sex between consenting adults is fine.