1.  His statement was greeted with cries of astonishment and indignation.

2.  His statement was greeted with cries of mock astonishment and indignation by Tory back-benchers.

3.  His acolytes in the audience greet the statement with wild applause.

4.  The police and officials greeted the statement with scorn.

5.  The statement was greeted with laughter.

6.  His statement was greeted with relief by the hierarchy of the Church of England, which frowns on divorced people remarrying.

7.  His statement has been greeted with a polite thank you from other nations, which are grateful for an end to the tests but regret they were ever begun.

8.  Howls of derision greeted this statement.

9.  U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said this week that Washington could consent to a treaty, and his statement was greeted enthusiastically in Moscow.

10.  Netanyahu denied to reporters Wednesday having any design to bring Labor into goverment, but his statements were greeted with media skepticism.