A new bid for colonial independence had already been made politely, through legal channels.

I think you'll find, though, that he's already begun to make his personnel requests through regular channels.

But that information was not provided to another agency that had made an official request through proper channels.

There has also been a quiet approach made through legal channels.

"Only then will we be able to make progress through political channels."

The quarterly documents often provide more reliable information about earnings than companies make available through other channels, he said.

Future contact will be made through new channels.

Attempts were made through several diplomatic channels to resolve the problems, but all failed.

We've made it clear to him through credible channels that Israel has no offensive intentions.

"The payments involved here were all made through normal financial channels."