Sentence examples for foresee a situation from inspiring English sources

Bill Daly, the N.H.L.'s deputy commissioner, told reporters in June that he could not "foresee a situation where there will be another Hartford Whalers in Hartford".

"I'm not one to micromanage or plant suggestions," I wrote to him, "but I could, for example, foresee a situation in which the drink you come up with isn't on the rocks, plural, but something with one big rock.

Ms. Day has run the numbers and can foresee a situation where the government will forgive more than $100,000 of her debt, given that her unpaid balance keeps growing thanks to the low payments.

He said that he respects Richard Williams's right to voice his opinion and will listen to any issues he has, but that he does not foresee a situation that could become detrimental to the Tour.

Then, it is very difficult to foresee a situation when nuclear weapons could be used in a way which either made strategic sense, or which was not morally intolerable.

"I can foresee a situation where states would say 'I don't have enough in general funds to put up my share of this new expanded Medicaid program, and I have to get out of the Medicaid program,' " he said.

He foresaw a situation in which "a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity".

Mr. Mann foresaw a situation in which China "becomes fully integrated into the world's economy, yet it remains also entirely undemocratic".

2. Passing to the substance of your Lordship's message, M. Beck asked me to assure you that he entirely shared your view as to the necessity of foreseeing a situation in which Poland might be manoeuvred into a dilemma of either accepting a fait accompli or appearing to be aggressive.

"It was truly a spine-chilling thought," he told the Tokyo Shimbun, adding that he foresaw a situation in which greater Tokyo's 30 million people would have to be evacuated, a move that would "compromise the very existence of the Japanese nation".

"You can't foresee a spontaneous situation arising - so you shouldn't be held responsible for that situation, if you don't play any part in it.