1.   At the beginning of the year, the Dutch government bowed to consumer pressure and banned all imports of tropical hardwood from countries which lack effective forestry management schemes.

2.   The Dutch government is offering farmers subsidies to persuade them to switch from dairy to energy farming.

3.   The Dutch government has helped to set up a national halons bank to ensure the most effective use of the chemicals.

4.   The Dutch government has begun an ambitious plan to return large areas of farmland to their natural state as forest, wetlands and lakes.

5.   As a young lawyer, Abrams had worked for the Dutch government and developed an interest in Dutch and Flemish art.

6.   Aircraft maker Fokker NV gave the Dutch government a business plan which assumes that the financially troubled company remains a start-to-finish builder of regional aircraft.

7.   But art experts say that the Dutch government appears wary of creating a precedent that could lead to the return of large numbers of paintings.

8.   But Christopher told Dutch officials that Lubbers was not qualified for the job, and the Dutch government angrily withdrew its candidate Friday.

9.   But in a news conference Monday, McCaffrey criticized the Dutch government for providing heroin to hardened addicts.

10.   But the Dutch government never made any inquiries about it.