Which paragraph style options break TOC generation?

Hi,
I've had a problem with generating tables of contents in InDesign CS3 and which persists in InDesign CS4.
After much experimenting I've learned that there's something in the paragraph style settings for the headings I want to include in a TOC that prevent them being included. The generated TOC in CS4 is empty. In CS3 it contains two empty paragraphs.
When I try to create a TOC on the same text, but no style applied to the headings it works.
So can anyone advise if there's any paragraph style settings (e.g. to do with line and page breaking) that will prevent that paragraph appearing in a TOC?
Any advice much appreciated!
Thanks,
Stu

Hi,
Correction to my previous message: I was wrong about the TOC generation working for unformatted headings, it doesn't work then either.
Would some InDesign expert out there be willing to receive a cut-down version of this document to see if they can successfully create a TOC for it? That's probably the easiest way to learn what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks,
Stu

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