1.   Noel lost the argument.

2.   The government lost the argument over the pace of reform.

3.   Has the blood sports lobby lost the argument?

4.   The RSPCA says the video proves that the pro-hunting lobby is losing the argument.

5.   Although he lost the argument, he remains useful to the IRA, and there is no sign that his life is in danger.

6.   And there are signs that he is beginning to lose the argument.

7.   According to Charles Keely, an immigration law expert at Georgetown University, Elian and his Miami relatives likely will lose that argument.

8.   All those arguments are lost on Ed Pell, vice chairman of the school board.

9.   But at least he is trying to fashion a conservative case on social policy rather than losing the argument by default, as his two unfortunate predecessors did.