Sentence examples for foregoes from inspiring English sources

This constitutes the opportunity cost of war that is, the extent to which the economy foregoes the opportunity to commit these resources to alternative peaceful uses.

Not that Mayo was to blame for this particular fiasco, but interviews such as these, in which a famous person foregoes regular conversation in favour of PR-approved waffle, benefit no one, least of all the listeners.

Underscoring the difficulty, just two popular tax breaks — for accelerated depreciation of businesses' capital investments and write-offs of research and experimentation costs — account for the bulk of the revenue the government foregoes to benefit corporations.

Having signed to the highly-respected Cologne-based dance label Kompakt, the pair set about working on what has become their forthcoming self-titled album, which mainly foregoes the house and techno of their respective pasts in favour of krautrock-tinged soundscapes.

Colm Tóibín's remarkable The Testament of Mary foregoes the consolations of paradise for the suffering of Golgotha.

This approach foregoes some of the obvious defensive legal reactions in favour of transparency, candour, and taking responsibility – even if this means submitting to apologies and regret, and making costly reparations.

The free papers are not difficult to forego.

One result is that what in life would be an overwhelming reaction of repugnance to the enormity of a murder (never mind shock and grief) risks being foregone for the sake of more action, more excitement and another climax.

Kercher's murder is reduced to a parlor game and all roads lead to the inevitable, if not also foregone, conclusion that Knox and Sollecito are guilty.

He has foregone his severance pay.

Nobody, even a staunch luddite, would rationally choose to forego web access when it costs nothing extra, so why even list it?