On several occasions he has used his significant influence to ease tensions or call on political adversaries to end their dispute.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

He said the committee has on many occasions tried to enhance what many personalities are trying to do.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

It is a traditional gift on other auspicious occasions, such as the birth of a child.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

"It is the health facility which is becoming in many occasions the center of community confidence, let us say, and community gathering as well,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

I have said it on previous occasions and I will say it again today.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Paulo Pinheiro was the U.N.human rights envoy to Burma from 2000 to 2008 and on several occasions met Aung San Suu Kyi as well as Burmese officials.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

Jagland firmly disagrees. "If you look at the history of the Nobel Peace Prize, we have on many occasions tried to enhance what many personalities is trying to do,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The president has said on numerous occasions that the key to combating al-Qaida and Taliban advances is a regional approach that includes three elements: military action,diplomacy, and support for development.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"Christians,they celebrate Christmas, Easter,Good Friday,Pentecostal Day, and many occasions."

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

about the health of Kim Jong Il. The North Korean leader remained out of sight for a number of significant occasions, including the launch of a long-range rocket that angered the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"They have been discouraged by this resolution Iran to take voluntary steps that we have taken in many occasions in the past, particularly the recent ones, when the director general was in Iran,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.28