11.  In recent weeks, however, it has become clear that the Armed Islamic Group is anything but a spent force.

12.  In the months since the defeat of the Taliban in Afghanistan, intelligence analysts say, they have not regarded al-Qaida as a spent force.

13.  Indeed, the figure who was until recently the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, conceded Thursday that his fanatical colleagues were a spent political force.

14.  Instead, the firm is a spent force.

15.  It showed that Milosevic is not a totally spent force, and that the government remains divided over how to remove him finally from the political landscape.

16.  It was an impressive display of power for a conservative subgroup that had been thought of as a spent force.

17.  Otherwise, the movie largely seems a spent force.

18.  The military action suggested that the Taliban is far from a spent force, more than two weeks after U.S. bombing began.

19.  The pre-election banter depicts Kohl as a spent force and Schroeder as the essence of German renewal.

20.  Until very recently, Le Pen was regarded as a spent force.