1.   But his penchant for hectoring even his nominal allies has also eroded his influence.

2.   But that was half a century ago and accomplished in wartime when America and the Soviet Union were nominal allies.

3.   Even where nominal allies are in power, American forces have to keep an oddly low profile to avoid provoking anti-Western disturbances.

4.   In Zagreb, President Franjo Tudjman met with his nominal ally, President Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia.

5.   Saudi Arabia, a nominal U.S. ally in the quest to capture bin Laden, is an official adherent of the Wahhabi school of Islam.

6.   Success may hinge in part on the attitude of Bosnian Croat forces, who are nominal allies of the government.

7.   The Muslims and Croats have been nominal allies for nearly two years.

8.   To fight on without the support of their nominal Croat allies would almost certainly have been futile.

9.   Turning to his nominal allies, the Muslims of Bosnia, Tudjman was disparaging.

10.   Another dispute lingered between Croats and Muslims, nominal allies against the Serbs in a U.S.-sponsored federation that has yet to take shape other than on paper.