1.   And then, as if to deliver the knockout blow to his scheme, the phone rang.

2.   If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year.

3.   High interest rates have been a knockout blow to the business.

4.   He delivered a knockout blow to all of his rivals.

5.   And the two-time American League batting champion, proving yet again he has conquered a career-threatening wrist injury, would deliver the knockout blow.

6.   As the fighting has dragged on, even close associates like Stepashin have questioned whether the strategy can deal the rebels an early knockout blow.

7.   Bush delivered a knockout blow to a straw man.

8.   But in reality, he spent most of the afternoon on the ropes before finally suffering the knockout blow.

9.   But it was the defense, which has been slapped around most of the season, that helped deliver the knockout blow to the soft underbelly of the Redskins.

10.   But the kick in the rump the district got could prove to be a knockout blow never before seen in public education.