11.  Your grandfather had lost the support of the Orkney fleet.

12.  David Broder argues PACs are a threat to the democratic ideal leading to gutless government, which avoids taking controversial stances for fear of losing PAC support.

13.  Because we have all heard John Smith in the past say, I would rather lose an arm than lose the support of the G M B.

14.  Several contemporaries suggested that the reason why the modern Whigs were losing support was because they had deserted old Whig principles.

15.  Yet they must not lose the support of the environmental lobby or local Conservative councillors.

16.  David Mellor and Norman Lamont, to whom Mr Major owed greater loyalty, lost his support in the end.

17.  Although the bill passed overwhelmingly in committee, it has steadily lost support as the tobacco industry stepped up its advertising campaign.

18.  And he might have lost some support in New York, where Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for the US Senate.

19.  And he is gradually losing support.

20.  And the Congress -- both Republicans and Democrats -- has lost serious support for its handling of the case.