1.   The TI buyout is costing half a billion pounds and job losses at Dowty seem likely to follow.

2.   Another first-round loss seemed likely, especially when they drew South Alabama and its grinding half-court style.

3.   At the time, the loss seemed to sweep away the ecstasy of the triumph over Notre Dame and threatened to spoil the season.

4.   After all, when your work day begins with your truck being chased by soccer fans, an overtime loss seems downright celestial.

5.   But for some reason, weight loss seems to attract those who are only in it for the money.

6.   But the amount of money in venture deals is so much bigger now than it was a few years ago that the losses seem more significant.

7.   But with Parcells in charge, two close losses no longer seem like bad omens.

8.   Even when Arkansas finally climbed to the top spot in the polls a loss seemed to send them on a greater plummet than other teams.

9.   For one game, the loss seemed minimal, thanks mostly to one Tino Martinez.

10.   He said the presence of so many weapons and so many Milosevic loyalists prepared to use them made the loss of life seem inevitable.