"Many observers thought it would just go away," he said.

An observer would have thought the whole company felt how much I stood in need of encouragement.

The strategy is one that some political observers think will work.

However, few observers really think that a state must wait for an armed attack to actually begin before taking action.

Many observers thought this was his finest effort in the race.

A casual observer might have thought it was a victory party.

Some observers then thought he might not even survive that long.

Some observers thought that they saw him once or twice to rise to the surface.

And going into today's singles, most observers thought his team had no chance.

Local observers think that interest rates may fall by at least another percentage point.