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1 a warning of the end of something: --
Defeat of this bill sounds a death knell for consumer protection.
The instruments under discussion certainly do not sound the death knell of occupational pension schemes—far from it.
Indeed, it may spell the death knell of the other place.
This surely marks the final death knell of co-ownership.
If it does, it almost spells the death knell of a great number of football clubs throught the country.
Rising costs have reduced the gates and this tax will sound the death knell for many of these clubs.
Once a fire starts, if it is not brought under control it can be the death knell of a colliery.
Does he realise that extending the privatisation principle to the welfare state will sound its death knell?
Privatisation of the electricity industry sounded the death knell of the coal industry and, with it, coal-fired electricity generation.