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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But tomorrow, with just a few words, the Chancellor could deal the company a body blow .
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Every tale - depressing as it is in its own right represents another body blow to the leasing industry.
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Suddenly the confidence of the new radicals received a body blow .
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The heat had gradually become an expected body blow which was endurable with certain rules.
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The news Herrmann brought was like a body blow .
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The news was a body blow and for several months the company was on a knife edge.