But even firms with a survival strategy in place for the year ahead will face an onslaught of new rules and regulations.

Apart from physical wear and tear, feathers face the onslaught of fungi, ectoparasitic feather mites and birdlice.

But, while nervous and agitated, he remained articulate as he faced an onslaught of questions from his father and brother.

Some poor guy in a hi-vis jacket stands in front of the speedy-boarding door, blocking a relentless onslaught of non-speedy boarders.

The relentless onslaught of advertising has reached one of the country's most iconic and photographed spaces.

Cast-iron stomachs will come in handy for a couple of scenes, as will level heads for the relentless onslaught of plot, quips and action.

On a large scale, however, a relentless onslaught of strong colours can be tiring to look at.

Some of the traditional makers say that they will be able to resist the onslaught because their garments are of higher quality.

Although more violent columns of workers managed to resist the onslaught and reportedly negotiated a ceasefire, the authorities maintained the mood of repression for several months.

They may only have got a point, but they would not have resisted an onslaught like this last year.

Most of his followers had already fallen, only he alone resisted the onslaught of the enemy.

One of the surprises was how most wildlife managed to survive the onslaught.

After almost 16 years as the head of world football, sport's ultimate autocrat continues to use his innate political skills to survive an onslaught of scandal and controversy.

Now there's a bank of knowledge that says we can survive an onslaught and come through and win.

Can our broadcasters survive the onslaught?

Even the temples did not survive the onslaught of age because their wooden roofing has rotted and withered over the past 1200 years.

And would love deepen and mature as a result, or would it be too flimsy to withstand the onslaught?

Having evolved defenses to withstand the onslaught of modern antibiotics, superbugs are considered among the gravest and most intractable of global menaces.

Think of the utilities, telcos and broadcasters whose monopoly powers could not withstand the onslaught of new technology, new entrepreneurs and a new public awareness of the costs of regulation.

In most parts of the country, the flood defences - built and maintained with an annual budget of 500m - withstood the onslaught.

What beleaguered soul has not drawn comfort from the spectacle of a proud oak, stoically withstanding the onslaught of howling winds while it waits for the renaissance of springtime?