1.   The ultimate nightmare for any parent is to suffer the loss of a child.

2.   A united Ireland is the ultimate goal of the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Irish Republican Army, the ultimate nightmare for many Protestants.

3.   Every few weeks, a new body turns up, another dream of a better life transformed into the ultimate nightmare.

4.   For many business travelers, the failure of a laptop computer can be the ultimate nightmare.

5.   For them, the ultimate nightmare would be a cessation of trade hostilities between Tokyo and Washington.

6.   For the pair of original Dream Teamers, this has been the ultimate nightmare.

7.   It is the ultimate nightmare.

8.   The ultimate nightmare confronting both inventors is a smart implant that misfires and dispenses a fatal overdose.

9.   This is the ultimate nightmare scenario for Russian reform.

10.   For a track and field athlete in this country, it is the ultimate nightmare.