21.  The second follow-on force will have no fixed time period and no fixed period for reviews of troop strength, officials said.

22.  Zeman became speaker of the lower house of parliament after his party emerged the second strongest political force from the elections in June last year.

23.  He would be accompanied on his visit by nine deputies from his party, the second largest political force in the Duma.

24.  The SNP and the Liberal Democrats meanwhile were fighting hard to replace the Tories as the second political force in Scotland.

25.  Recent polls show neither the LDP, the biggest group in parliament, nor the NFP, the second force, is likely to win a majority.

26.  The anti-war factions face the formidable opposition of Zhirinovsky and his Liberal Democratic Party, the second biggest force in the Duma.