1.   Self-interest was the worst sin and slaveholding was the worst form of self-interest.

2.   Although the Web is traversed by the worst sins and perversions of men, it is clean of any guilt.

3.   And within three years, the great bastion of eggheads gets sucked into the cesspool, its athletic legacy forever stained by the worst sin in sports.

4.   For an architect, that may be the worst sin.

5.   His worst sin is offering superfluous comments that show his inexperience.

6.   His worst sin was that he was of his own generation, of his own time and place, rather than a later one.

7.   In their view, his worst sin was a failure to cultivate strong subordinates, creating a leadership void.

8.   More than a few companies think the worst possible sin would be to stop reinventing themselves.

9.   Probably the worst sin you can commit in Great Britain and Northern Ireland is to lump the English, Scots and Welsh together.

10.   The worst sin that an out-of-work manager can commit, specialists say, is to become a nuisance.