1.   And members are still less than enamoured with their district council group leader, Coun John Richardson from Willington, who led them to the disastrous defeat.

2.   All of them were killed in the conflict, which ended in a disastrous defeat for Russia.

3.   Such disastrous defeats are seldom tolerated in the most fervid soccer countries.

4.   Until his disastrous defeat in New Hampshire two and a half weeks ago, Bush was the prohibitive favorite to win in South Carolina.

5.   William Hague resigned after leading his Conservative Party to disastrous defeat on an anti-euro platform.

6.   Anti-military sentiment is deeply entrenched in Japan, where the armed forces are widely blamed for leading the country to disastrous defeat in World War II.

7.   But it still faces a long road to rebuild from its disastrous defeat a year ago.

8.   For the young and struggling Conservative leader, the ruckus is partly about stamping his authority on a party dispirited by its disastrous defeat a year ago.

9.   In contrast to South Korea, which easily won a berth in the soccer championship tournaments, Japan suffered disastrous defeats and ties during pre-World Cup matches.

10.   The damaging dispute between Mladic and Karadzic followed the disastrous defeat of the Serbs in neighbouring Croatia at the hands of the Croatian army.