1.   In those days, breaking off your engagement could mean social ruin.

2.   They fear that the proposals could mean ruin for small football clubs.

3.   It was only a makeshift courtroom, only the set for an arbitration hearing, but one decision against him could have meant the ruin of Apolo Anton Ohno.

4.   That way, failure at writing, though the disappointment may be keen, will not mean utter ruin.

5.   To let the forest burn will mean economic ruin.

6.   Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov warned the young general that siding with Yeltsin would mean political ruin.

7.   For many Ecuadoreans, the harsh measures mean economic ruin.

8.   The physicians who filed the challenge, Dr. Friedrich Stapf of Munich and Dr. Andreas Freudemann of Nuremberg, argued that the law would mean financial ruin for them.

9.   They also argued the law would mean financial ruin for them.

10.   Zyuganov warned the former general that siding with Yeltsin would mean political ruin.