1.   Johnson underestimated the strength of public feeling against the war.

2.   The problem for Mr Kasyanov is that he seems to have underestimated the strength of western reaction to the withholding of payments.

3.   The Nationalist leadership had underestimated the strength of Basque resistance, as they had miscalculated that of the madrileos four months earlier.

4.   Congress, this call review was a whitewash, the Tories underestimated the strength of public feeling against the pit closure programme.

5.   Among other things, they may underestimate their strengths or dismiss an opportunity to negotiate, because they perceive taking a stand as being pushy.

6.   Finney, who likes to play the role of underdog, said polls traditionally have underestimated her strength.

7.   GM, along with other automakers, vastly underestimated the strength of vehicle sales for the first quarter and planned its production accordingly.

8.   He seemed to have underestimated the strength of the opposition or overestimated his newly acquired power.

9.   He says they completely underestimated the strength of Vietnamese nationalism as epitomized by the communist regime in Hanoi, which had won independence in a war with the French.

10.   Massoud said Western countries had underestimated the strength of the Kabul forces, which survived for two years despite repeated attempts by other armed groups to dislodge them.