31.  The system has its drawbacks as a response to school truancy.

32.  It is not a heartening picture, but it has some validity as a profile of our times.

33.  He said a suggestion that he was a criminal overlord in Glasgow was nonsense and that he could not understand why he had a reputation as the godfather.

34.  I had a project as a student.

35.  Although he had no experience as a teacher, he was confident.

36.  Although Mario finished his studies in the garment trade, he had no talent as a tailor and never designed a flattering suit.

37.  Along with pardoning the woman who committed a similar crime, Bush has granted three pardons to people who had drug offenses as youths.

38.  Also, they oppose revisions stating that it is unbiblical to have a woman as a pastor.

39.  American officials said that Primakov, who had extensive experience as a spy in the region, was less of a mediator than an informal adviser to Saddam Hussein.

40.  Although chimpanzees were uniquely close to humans, the report said, they still had a role as research animals.