1.   Both Mercedes and Auto Union sent senior figures to the London funeral and the flowers started to arrive.

2.   He was a senior figure in the diocese of Dromore and had served most recently in the Warrenpoint parish.

3.   Some senior party figures favor a slower pace of reform.

4.   The check-in clerk fell into a deep discussion with a nearby senior figure.

5.   The Government refuses to hold a national poll despite pressure from its own backbenchers and senior party figures.

6.   The major collective syntheses were invariably supervised by the most senior figures in the profession and bear the imprint of authority.

7.   There were also senior figures from the World Bank, the United Nations and other international organisations.

8.   Following the elections, there were reports that senior religious figures, including Karrubi, had appealed for unity between opposing factions by calling for obedience to Khamenei.

9.   Throughout the year numerous former senior figures within failed thrifts were indicted.