Sentence examples for all the defeats from inspiring English sources
But it was all the defeats snatched from victory's grasp that made the year so compelling.
"We've been unlucky in the run we've had, all the defeats have been by small margins - it seems for 10 to 15 minutes in each of the last few games we've had a minor slip-up which costs us," he said.
"Carved into it are all the defeats of England's national football team.
Of all the defeats Villa have suffered under Houllier's tenure – and there have been eight in the league alone – it pains the Frenchman most because he maintains they were the superior side.
All the defeats bar three having been in single figures, although two of those have come in the last three matches, and although Robinson has improved the focus, ambition and intent of his charges, Scotland's capacity to find different ways to lose remains unrivalled and they lack real quality in too many positions.
That struggle is under way at the moment in all the defeated parties, headed by Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Above all, the defeat of violence and terror in Iraq is vital to the defeat of violence and terror elsewhere, and vital, therefore, to the safety of the American people.
But what tied Ms. Baez and all the defeated veteran council members was their vote last fall to extend the two-term limit that had been upheld by voters in two earlier referendums.
Mr Putin himself was swift to invite all the defeated presidential candidates in for a chat.
The things he said in London I think are linked perhaps to a season where he had a lot of disappointments, above all with the defeats against Djokovic".
