1.   Maryland passed similar legislation a few years ago.

2.   McCain was the principal sponsor of similar legislation approved by the Senate in April.

3.   President Clinton, in his State of the Union address last month, urged similar legislation on child safety locks.

4.   Reciprocal arrangements to promote similar labour legislation were more frequent.

5.   Rules relating to limited partnerships are in line with the provisions of other similar legislations.

6.   Similar legislation is already in place in Wales.

7.   The Australian federal government is to consider similar legislation for the whole country.

8.   Under the proposals for the new General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, genetically-engineered plant varieties are to be protected by patents or similar legislation.

9.   When similar legislation was introduced in Canada, where the population is smaller, millions of dollars were invested in a four-year research programme.

10.   And backers of the bill said there has not been an explosion of lawsuits in states that have adopted similar legislation.