11.   It was heard loud and clear in the unedifying battles of the early eighties.

12.   It was natural that she should cut a poor figure in the Iliad, where the battle of heroes is the theme.

13.   No matter which prehistoric thriller sells more copies, this is just the beginning of the battle of the Neanderthals.

14.   Plants do not escape the battle of the sexes.

15.   The battle of brawn ... and the clash of the coxes.

16.   The battle of wills between them forms the backbone of the story.

17.   The king was slain at the battle of Hastings.

18.   The reign of Wulfhere Wulfhere was probably in his mid-teens when he became king three years after the battle of the Winwaed.

19.   The Somme was the bloodiest battle of the First World War.

20.   The street battles of Vilnius and Riga show a brutal determination to keep the Soviet empire together.