The dark shadow grows as the shark is pulled to the surface.
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Opposition spokeswoman Baroness Billingham said the "dark shadow" of corrupt betting threatened to undermine public confidence in the games.
The last time England and Pakistan met in a test series, it fell under the long, dark shadow of the match-fixing antics of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.
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The French referendum cast a dark shadow over the Brussels summit.
But BP's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has cast another dark shadow over the region.
The National Farmers' Union said the lifting of restrictions would remove a "long, dark shadow" from the countryside, even though it will be some months before Britain can trade fully with the rest of the world.
Researchers at Griffith University have managed to snap the first image of a single atom's shadow and, while the dark spot may be physically small, the implications for the field of quantum computing are huge.
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But that system's failure casts a dark shadow on the news business that has not entirely lifted.
He has attempted to etch-a-sketch an issue that inevitably leaves an un-erasable dark shadow on the screen.
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Mr Lloyd, who was elected as PCC in November, said child sexual exploitation was a "hugely complex issue which casts a dark shadow" across the region.
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It has also scuttled chunks of the intelligence edifice that cast a long, dark shadow over its smaller neighbour.
There will be much talk about how the eurozone crisis can be solved, what the next step should be in the US where a debt ceiling still casts a dark shadow over optimism, and about how income inequality has become a problem for all - rather than merely an advantage for haves over have-nots.
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"Venice: Under the Rialto Bridge" (1909) is almost equal parts dark shadow and blinding light.
While the world financial crisis continues to display a seemingly never-ending dark shadow, most of these developing nations still present really attractive investment opportunities for global and regional companies.
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