(1) His lyricism has developed, the beats are tighter and there are no dud songs.

(2) I've just got this feeling that maybe he's a complete dud .

(3) A dud with 10 games is the same as a dud with no games.

(4) There remains, however, a world of difference between making an honest mistake and deliberately passing off a dud antique.

(5) He knows the eternal value of his famous exit and is too smart to risk replacing it with a dud .

(6) Samantha was eventually arrested by the police in Barstow, Nevada trying to cash a dud cheque she had been given in a third-rate casino in Vegas in 1978.

(7) Since then, Mann has made two albums in a row of glorious melodies matched to grim sagas of addiction, dud relationships and dead-ends.

(8) Since then Richard, from Bredbury, has installed - and ripped out again - four faulty kitchen sets after the furniture company continued to send him units from a manufacturer's dud batch.

(9) Tengberg does not specify how the fraudster perpetrated their dastardly deeds - wouldn't the company have been insured against dud credit cards?

(10) And then, you will have bought a dud investment.

(11) You can reduce the risk of hiring a dud by bringing someone on as a consultant or contractor first, says Cleveland biotech entrepreneur Andy Lefkowitz.

(12) A bomb disposal expert from Catterick was called in and the bomb was found to be a dud filled with concrete.

(13) Pubs and nightclubs which accepted dud euro banknotes from youths aged between 15 and 17 in return for alcoholic drinks could be prosecuted for serving young people.

(14) She has been a complete dud in the deputy's position.

(15) He has trailed his party and made a series of dud judgements.

(16) This winter's Peter Pan disappointed and now comes a dud .

(17) This proposal is a dud, but at least it's an innovative dud .

(18) He is a dud director with an inconsistent tone.

(19) When it was really looked at, the Commission overturned it, not because there was any pressure on it, but because they realised it was a dud idea.

(20) In sum, there isn't one dud piece in this blazingly honest gem of an anthology.

(21) California's reliable climate means there's never a dud vintage, says William Foster

(22) There's really not a dud in the lot here as each show is well written and well intentioned from the outset.

(23) Scottish consumers waste u00a312,000 in their lifetimes by signing up for dud products pushed on to them by banks and other financial institutions, according to a report.

(24) As far as your girl being a u2018goldu2019 digger, she'd be lucky to find a dud Bombay rupee in your piggy bank, James.

(25) Still, it's not as if he has been a complete dud when it comes to raising money.

(26) Trading Standards officers have warned shoppers buying jewellery over the internet this Christmas that they could be at risk from online fraudsters passing off fakes and dud goods as the real thing.

(27) Alternatively, it could be argued that the chart made a dud prediction, and astrology is entertaining hokum that has as much to do with the real Jupiter as chocolate bars do with Mars.

(28) There was always a dud round in there, always a tournament-wrecker amid some mini gems.

(29) A woman who ran dud healthcare courses has been found guilty of handing out certificates she claimed were from qualifications body City and Guilds.

(30) Do they go with another dud sequel, maybe even a prequel, or do they just remake the original?