31.   His arrival, more than a week after the meeting began, had been delayed by a renewed outbreak of civil war in his West African country.

32.   Hector had not taken his seat with other supervisory board members by the time the annual meeting began.

33.   In contrast to the differences on display inside the meeting hall, Quebec itself was comparatively quiet after a night of the worst violence since the meeting began.

34.   Informal meetings began last fall in Jerusalem, leading to the Alexandria conference.

35.   Investors are also worried about expanding production from OPEC nations, as OPEC meetings begin tomorrow.

36.   Meetings began last week and continued until the agreement was reached Sunday morning.

37.   Meetings begin in Seattle Thursday and close Saturday morning, when QUAD members will hold a news press conference.

38.   Meetings begin on Monday.

39.   Meetings have already begun with city officials.

40.   Meetings have begun to iron out how this is to be done and other technical details.