But NatWest, Britain's biggest bank by assets, is meanwhile facing a spot of bother.

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How ironic, then, that the Bank now finds itself in a spot of bother over its own budget.

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Notts were in a spot of bother on 35-3 prior to Hussey transforming the innings with two sixes and eight fours in his unbeaten 81 off 42 balls.

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Amid the finger pointing and political posturing, the Obama administration seems to have missed a vital detail: The U.S. oil industry is in a spot of bother.

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So, on television on March 8th, said Eric Massa, a Democratic congressman from New York who faced a spot of bother in Congress after allegations of groping a male staffer and has now resigned.

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The Sharks are in a spot of bother.

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The prevailing wisdom in AK is that its activism in the region makes it more valuable to the EU. As for America, the hope is that because it needs Turkey in Iraq and Afghanistan, it will put up with a spot of bother.

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