Even if we were to come to some understanding between ourselves, it would mean nothing to the actual participants.

There are often more spectators than actual participants.

"It's about having the actual participants tell us why someone appears to be a front-runner," he said.

While several emerging-market funds are following the new exchange, actual participants are still rare.

This was the first detailed, public accounting by an actual participant in the contra supply operation.

As time passes, with all of the actual participants gone, no one will be able to separate fact from myth.

A historian, however, has the perspective of hindsight, which, alas, cannot be said of the actual participants.

Uncle Bill in fact may have been an actual participant in the battle.

He was a Member of Parliament from 1780 to 1806, though more a spectator than an actual participant in the debates.

Secondly, I believe that the participation of actual participants and civil society organisations should also be increased.