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• The Belgian government is at pains to find a future for Sabena.
• "I'm at pains to lower expectations, " he told a news conference.
• Fergie is at pains to describe herself as her own worst enemy.
• Swan was at pains to emphasise that the Bank would set rates independently.
• One could eat no fat or blood, at pain of exile.
• With unanimity required for passage, Berlusconi was at pains to save the summit.
• Friedel was at pains, however, to stress that Fritz wasn't just for grandmasters.
• Iraqis seem at pains to cling to some level of normalcy.
• They were at pains to play down any suggestion of a tactical coup.
• The Albanian eagle is the kind that the Germans are at pains to avoid.
• Berlin is at pains to spare Bonn newcomers any shocks.
• Chia himself was at pains to declare that his own potential candidacy was benign.
• NATO officials were at pains to bring the Russians in right at the onset.
• And Microsoft executives were at pains to say that it might not be repeatable.
• "Everyone is at pains to show them we're impartial ."
• Supporters were at pains to stress it would not mean a step toward capitalism.
• He was also at pains to distance his work from a single Jewish focus.
• The EU leaders have been at pains to see eye to eye on Iraq.
• He is also at pains to dispel certain widely held notions about his offense.
• It is at pains to implement economic and other reforms to qualify for EU membership.