31.   Taipei says it is an independent political entity in a temporarily divided China.

32.   Television stations are required to publicly report commercial time bought by political entities.

33.   Taiwan sees itself as an independent political entity of a temporarily divided China.

34.   The board, which oversees all elections, remains perhaps the most openly political entity in New York City.

35.   The Dayton Accord seemed to suggest that foreign troops would eventually hand off to a single competent local political entity, the government of a reconstituted Bosnia.

36.   The failure of the Famos factory, owned by the Bosnian Serb leadership, is one of the most visible symbols of the looming breakdown of its political entity.

37.   The merit of this formula is that it allows Taiwan and the mainland to coexist as separate political entities so long as both acknowledge a commitment to eventual reunification.

38.   They have become political entities.

39.   Under the Dayton peace accord, Bosnia is split into two political entities, one held by the Bosnian Serbs, the other jointly by Muslims and Croats.

40.   Palestinians have built up a political entity that looks very much like a state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.