51.  The offer got a lukewarm response in England, which is competing against Germany to represent Europe in the bidding process.

52.  Urban Transport Department director Mahfix Omar said the first round of talks early last month had received a lukewarm response from the operators.

53.  When introduced last week, the programme met with lukewarm response with hardly anybody turning up at government offices to meet heads of departments.

54.  Following these lukewarm responses, Juppe appeared to backpedal a bit Thursday.

55.  He gave only a lukewarm response to the idea of an inter-African police force.

56.  Another factor has been the lukewarm response to privatisation plans for the domestic and international carriers with many bidders either pulling out or disqualified by the government.

57.  But analysts gave the results a lukewarm response.

58.  But Pakistan gave a lukewarm response to the proposal, and stuck to its stated preference for international or United Nations monitors.

59.  But the proposal drew a lukewarm response, the Korea Times, an English daily, said.

60.  Communist-ruled Vietnam gave a lukewarm response, saying it looked forward to the day when no foreign troops were based in other countries.