This step only invites long delay and bureaucratic scuppering.

Shrug off the misplaced only and ocnsider the unfamiliar scuppering.

The scuppering of Englishness as any kind of ethnically pure or white identity is happening: listen to the way kids talk.

Out on the circuit, Carol Ann has been a substantial presence for decades, but it was the scuppering of her laureateship chances last time that made her a star.

The Eye crew set about scuppering Not Private Eye by sending a crate of whisky to the journalists working on it - a ruse thought up by Cook.

A British film company planned to go one better by building and sinking a replica liner, and in 1914 the real-life scuppering of a large vessel took place for the Vitagraph picture Lost in Mid-Ocean.

Thus, The Times's use of "bureaucratic scuppering," which might have come from a ship's waste chute, is more likely derived from the killing of "Chinese" Gordon (named for crushing the Taiping rebellion of 1863-64) and his compatriots.

The scuppering of the Opel deal blew his plans to create the world's second biggest car maker - with capacity for more than 6m vehicles a year and sales of £70bn - but with Chrysler the company still has capacity for 4m vehicles.