1.   Longer-term relationships had generally only developed where particular business interests were more or less directly involved.

2.   Since the crew of the ship were not directly involved, the owners argued that there was no trade dispute.

3.   Of the six GCC members, Oman was the most directly involved, if only by virtue of geography.

4.   But beyond this officials may be even more directly involved in policy planning.

5.   The move followed the breakdown of talks between the three directly involved parties, sponsored by the European Community.

6.   Although he monitored the Shaq situation daily, Magic said he was not directly involved.

7.   Although Therrien was not directly involved in the killing, he was an active supporter of the FLQ and helped in the escape of the assassins.

8.   America is not directly involved in the boundary dispute but has an interest in discouraging Beijing from reckless behavior.

9.   Argenbright was not directly involved with the two planes that took off from Logan.

10.   A spokeswoman for Amnesty International said Lord Hoffmann was an unpaid director of the charity but was not directly involved with Amnesty International.