1.   Always he had been overshadowed by his elder brother, the famous Black Douglas - and never wished it otherwise.

2.   As the first verdict for Lyle Menendez was read, the elder brother looked straight ahead and then shook his head slowly.

3.   But as the elder brother remains silent, his lawyers are preparing a new tack in their fight against murder charges.

4.   But his elder brother John thinks that he knew better what the score was than he ever let on.

5.   He worshipped his elder brother.

6.   His elder brother Edwin was next in succession to the baronetcy, but he was a total invalid.

7.   His elder brother, Nails, still at school, played water-polo for the town and stole cars.

8.   His two elder brothers and one sister all died as children.

9.   I have two elder brothers.

10.   My elder brother was a lot more experienced in these matters than I was.