1.   Barak facing defeat Mr Barak used to argue that his peace policy was a political winner, whatever happened.

2.   I stopped and slumped dazedly back on my heels, facing utter defeat.

3.   No, he was not ready yet to face the defeat.

4.   Facing total defeat in Vietnam, the French subsequently conceded full independence to Laos.

5.   Oxford were beaten but not broken... and president Matthew Pinsent showed the true mark of a sportsman as he faced defeat...

6.   Both sides concede that the international treaty faces defeat.

7.   A newspaper opinion poll published Tuesday showed the prime minister facing certain defeat in new elections next spring.

8.   Across the country, liberal Democratic senators were facing defeat after campaigns in which they had been accused of being soft on communism.

9.   But rumors circulated throughout Capitol Hill that the White House was pressuring Massiah-Jackson to withdraw the nomination herself, rather than face certain defeat.

10.   Facing defeat in parliament, the unpopular Chernomyrdin was shunned in favor of Yevgeny Primakov.