1.   National vocational qualifications are a critical element in motivating youngsters and ensuring that their achievements are recognised rapidly.

2.   One critical element of authoritarianism, shared with a dictatorship, is the absence of a limited mandate.

3.   In all cases the customer or user is a critical element in the loop.

4.   The package of assistance offered to Cambuslang was a critical element in convincing the Hoover management to support the Glasgow operation.

5.   The critical elements in process are appropriateness and acceptability.

6.   And he said Bush believed that making the economy strong was a critical element in sustaining the campaign against terrorism.

7.   And now Manhattan, seemingly the least likely of places, has become a critical element in how the company plans to make its rebirth happen.

8.   And then there was another critical element.

9.   And yet these are the critical elements of our democratic process.