31.   He has said that this term will be the last, and for the meanwhile his party has no obvious political successor.

32.   For the meanwhile the conservatives of Germany have no obvious political successor to him.

33.   Vienot said he had drawn up a list of candidates but had not interviewed any of them, adding that there was no obvious successor from within the firm.

34.   Yet there are behind-the-scenes whispers that Moore, with no obvious young successor to take over as hooker, could just be persuaded to carry on after the cup.

35.   Political analysts in Sweden scrambled to name a replacement for Carlsson, but no obvious successor stands out.

36.   The NATO chief has not obvious successor.