111.  Sunday night both the main national parties were hewing to an optimistic line.

112.  Still, earlier this year, the state shut down the main Islamist party.

113.  The aim is to have Sinn Fein emerge from the election as the main nationalist party in Northern Ireland, giving it an unprecedented legitimacy, he said.

114.  The Albanian political parties have been negotiating with the main Macedonian parties to forge political reforms that would pave the way for the rebels to disarm.

115.  The bitter infighting between the three main political parties suggests that a united anti-communist front is not likely to emerge any time soon.

116.  The Commission on Presidential Debates, which was set up with the approval of the main political parties to make the debate arrangements, is weighing several criteria.

117.  The dispute over security suggested there had been an early breakdown in efforts to find common ground between the two main political parties after the bombing.

118.  The main Irish parties, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, want to avoid a costly and possibly volatile election campaign.

119.  The main party in opposition, the conservative Christian Democratic Union, normally votes wholeheartedly to support NATO.

120.  The leaders of two of the three main parties are divisive figures, each for different reasons.