1.   But those gestures often are seen by the public as contrived.

2.   Second-base umpire Gerry Crawford saw the gesture and had the guard removed.

3.   The conciliatory gestures are seen as signs that the two nations are inching away from the unthinkable.

4.   When Marcos handed her the flag, some saw the gesture as a symbolic passing of power from the rebel commander to the mother of memories.

5.   Bernhardt, who was standing near the top of the key, saw the gesture and called a technical foul immediately.

6.   The US lieutenant commanding the patrol saw a gesture by one individual with the Uzi and that lieutenant opened fire.

7.   The gesture was seen as an overt disavowal of Karadzic and signalled that a rift between the two Serb political leaders had widened.

8.   The gesture was seen by many who watched on state television as a farewell.