| Dreams of a secular India, where the commanding heights of the economy are in the public sector, are as dead as a dodo. | 
 
 
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| What does he say now that the social entrepreneur scheme is as dead as a dodo? | 
 
 
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| In fact, the upstairs bar was as dead as a dodo, but the downstairs bar, facing the diners, was even more convenient. | 
 
 
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| It was a final flurry worth waiting for and made all the more remarkable after a dead as a dodo first half. | 
 
 
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| I've planted them with the hazel coppice, which still looks dead as a dodo from winter chainsawing. | 
 
 
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| The spooky melodrama and gothic effects are restricted to a bad sound design and acting by the seven-strong cast as dead as a dodo. | 
 
 
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| While the League's television bid might now be as dead as a dodo, there are some vital facts that any future television deal-makers will find interesting to pore over. | 
 
 
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| Thank God the idea of regional assemblies is now as dead as a dodo. | 
 
 
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| Also bear in mind that this region is as dead as a dodo at night. | 
 
 
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| It would give both races a much-needed boost and breathe new life into the Triple Crown, which, as things stand, is as dead as a dodo. | 
 
 
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| If you've dropped your mobile in water and find that it's dead as a dodo, here's an idea that could bring it back to life. | 
 
 
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| The only negative was a 90thminute red card for Shaun Geddes who, with the match dead as a dodo, was shown the most pedantic of second yellow cards by the referee. | 
 
 
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