1.   As it happens, the holiday calendar provides an opportunity to test the sincerity of the IRA proposal.

2.   But it should be possible soon to test the sincerity of the IRA declaration.

3.   Blair urged the Ulster Unionists to test the sincerity of Sinn Fein and the IRA.

4.   Current conditions of critical water-shortages in several places, for example, provide one opportunity to test sincerity.

5.   Suu Kyi is attempting to test the sincerity of the regime by attempting to hold a series of meetings of her party, the National League for Democracy.

6.   Suu Kyi is testing the sincerity of the regime by attempting to carry out political party work permitted in democratic countries.