31.  But in past cases, jail sentences have rarely been imposed.

32.  But there was debate over what to do with past cases, or cases in which the abusive priests repents and undergoes therapy.

33.  Even putting together a profile of the attacker is tough because there are no past cases to draw from.

34.  Government officials have in the past cited cases of foreigners marrying Turkmens, then abandoned them and leacing them penniless and unable to support their children.

35.  He said the lesion was not cancerous, and was unrelated to two past cases of melanoma.

36.  In past cases, U.S. prosecutors have agreed to avoid seeking death penalties in extradition cases, but the government balks at also ruling out life sentences.

37.  In some past cases in which the timing was urgent, the court has acted in as little as one day.

38.  In past cases involving high-profile dissidents, passes to attend the court proceedings were given to handpicked observers, and not to the general public.

39.  It refuses to have diplomatic ties with countries that recognize Taipei, and in past cases has immediately suspended ties with such countries.

40.  Moving incrementally, they have gone from handing over nothing to prosecutors, to handing over information on past cases, to agreeing to hand over all new allegations.