1.   Such an agreement, however, has clearer links with the factory floor than the consulting room.

2.   Absent such an agreement we can go no further.

3.   But even when both parties have signed such an agreement, it can be impossible to enforce it in court if proper guidelines have not been followed.

4.   This was the first such agreement signed by a Central American country with the USA.

5.   The North Korean government restated its position that such an agreement could be arrived at only if US military bases in South Korea were opened to North Korean inspection.

6.   In the wake of such an agreement, the maquiladoras are expected to multiply.

7.   The Director General of Fair Trading may also apply to the Restrictive Practices Court for an order restraining a party from operating such an agreement.

8.   Even if there had been such an agreement, there was nothing to stop the board getting rid of Mr Venables if it wished, said Mr Heslop.

9.   The latter arrangement will only benefit those with minimal technical ability who are prepared to pay the service charges that such an agreement will incur.