21.  The older California wines beat the French ones.

22.  Washington controls the American troops, Paris the French ones, and so on.

23.  While American fashion editors are likely to be shod in Gucci or Prada, French ones can just as often be found in Michel Perry.

24.  Eventually, the German-backed candidate agreed to stand down midway through an eight-year term to make way for the French one.

25.  The U.S. tests turned up positive while the Swiss tests were negative and the French ones were inconclusive.

26.  Greece had offered the tanks several months ago but Cyprus hesitated as it considered the option of buying new Russian tanks instead of modernising the French ones.

27.  In one development on this front Thursday, scientists established that the canister involved was of Belgian origin, since it complied with Belgian specifications rather than French ones.

28.  In particular detectives are looking into a Belgian connection in the attack after discovering that the camping gas canister used fitted Belgian specifications rather than French ones.

29.  Investigators have also established that a gas canister into which the explosives were packed was of Belgian origin, since it complied with Belgian specifications rather than French ones.

30.  On Friday, the European commission agreed to allow France to enforce the additional tests but only in cases where non-French diplomas were significantly different from the French ones.