71.   The ANC already has prepared the ground for a negative finding, saying weeks ago that the commission had warned that harsh judgments were in the offing.

72.   The cut in spending is designed to prepare the ground for more savings next year, Finance Minister Marek Belka said.

73.   The foreign ministers are preparing the ground for EU leaders to quickly appoint a successor to Jacques Santer.

74.   The envoy, Dennis Ross, had been trying to prepare the ground for separate Clinton meetings later this month with Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

75.   The foreign ministers will prepare the ground for a Europe-Asia summit in Seoul, South Korea, next year.

76.   The move is aimed at facilitating communication with opposition groups to help form an alternative government and prepare the grounds for the possible deployment of peacekeepers.

77.   The meeting was reportedly held in order to prepare the ground for a future Levy-Arafat session.

78.   The meeting was reportedly held to prepare the ground for a future Levy-Arafat session.

79.   They also included a desire to prepare ground in swing districts for challengers either beginning their campaigns or as yet unidentified.

80.   For several months, Syria had been frantically preparing the ground for an Arab push towards a freezing of ties with the Jewish state.