1.   On the GOP side, Texas Attorney General John Cornyn was rolling up a convincing lead on four little-known novice candidates.

2.   Partial results gave Mitchell convincing leads in the other districts.

3.   But decliners had a convincing lead on advancers, and volume was relatively heavy.

4.   Johnson converted and kicked a penalty three minutes later to seal a convincing lead.

5.   McGuire was steadier in the second set with a strong forehand, but Chang broke in the first and third games to take a convincing lead.

6.   Within three hours, the rest of the field was becalmed and Swedish Match was left to establish a convincing lead.

7.   World Cup leader and slalom king Alberto Tomba of Italy held a convincing lead Sunday after the first run of a slalom.

8.   The market is likely to extend its rangebound consolidation in the near term, awaiting convincing fresh leads to justify a further upturn, he said.

9.   The Labour party has a convincing lead in all opinion polls.