1.   He won the election so convincingly that he believed he had been given a mandate for change.

2.   The sovereign people had given de Gaulle a vote of confidence, but they had also given a mandate to parties which opposed him.

3.   And if the landslide victory gave Brown a mandate, it is simply to keep the economy humming.

4.   But his refusal to outline his plans if voters do not give him a mandate raised questions about the referendum.

5.   But once a crisis has broken out and we have been given the mandate, we have to be given the resources to make it viable.

6.   Dini himself has indicated he wants to prolong his tenure until at least early next year, if given a mandate by parliament.

7.   Early in his tenure, he was given a mandate for a crackdown on irresponsible medical labs.

8.   Expanding the size of the multinational force would require action by the U.N. Security Council, which gave the mandate for the existing force.

9.   He was given a mandate to improve relations between the police and the public and to improve morale in the station house.

10.   Then President Suleyman Demirel will give the mandate to either Ciller or Erbakan to form a new administration.