1.  The British state, compared, for example, with the powerful French state, developed in line with the interests of the dominant groups of civil society.

2.  Benefiting from his friendship with Mitterrand, Pelat often acted as a middle man picking up hefty commissions from companies and foreign governments doing business with the French state.

3.  Air France, which is controlled by the French state, has been trying to boost its share of the market as part of its financial recovery plan.

4.  Bull is expected to be able to capitalize on its recovery now that the French state is no longer its controlling shareholder.

5.  Chairman of Groupe des Assurances Nationales, or GAN, Jean-Jacques Bonnaud called for the French state to speed up the sale of the company.

6.  Complicating the matter is the fact that at the time of the dealings in question, Credit Lyonnais was controlled by the French state.

7.  Credit Lyonnais, which was controlled at the time by the French state, ultimately failed itself, crushed by billions of dollars of soured financial dealings.

8.  Earlier, the French state had snubbed GEC when it sought to make its own bid for Thomson-CSF.

9.  Electricite de France is wholly owned by the French state.

10.  His modest income is more than doubled by the generous benefits the French state pays to children and pregnant women, regardless of their status.