A tenth anniversary such as this serves the purpose of focusing public attention.

The whole world is talking about the tenth anniversary.

10765 Despite the fact that it was evening, the seagulls immediately arrived to feast on the refuse.

However, the festival was, once again, overshadowed by the behaviour of some alleged supporters.

Our party is also the biggest party in our country.

The conservative party is no longer the party of responsible government and of one nation.

Assert yourself in your party.

My party cannot support this report.

I was not making a party political point.

It fulfils a health function.

Its main function is public relations.

They could not function without that.

We want sport to have a social function.

It does not, however, have a legislative function.

I do not see this is a cause for celebration.

The pattern of intimidation is clear.

44769 There appears to be a pattern.

Our pattern of development is in question.

The pattern is familiar from cooperation on issues of legal policy.

We need to change our pattern of thought right across the board.