1.   A debate even begins about whether the army is not getting a little trigger-happy in its nervous and no doubt terrified tension.

2.   A debate is raging now in finance circles and Congress over whether the value of derivatives should be recorded in corporate books.

3.   A defining characteristic of the Bund was its acceptance of debate and dissent.

4.   A few weeks ago we had a classic example of that in a debate on the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill.

5.   A fierce debate arose among those trying to respond to the unfavourable economic and social effects of occupation.

6.   A flexible engineering system had been introduced after considerable debate about the worthwhileness of the investment.

7.   A little humility in the medical debate would not go amiss.

8.   A long debate determines who will be unlucky and bear the cost of eggs rather than sperm.

9.   A more ambitious bill that would have ended virtually all trade sanctions was voted down earlier in the same house debate.

10.   A national debate is now raging over the level of youth crime.