Sentence examples for foreseen like from inspiring English sources

Some of the consequences have been long foreseen, like deflation: as more Japanese retire and live off their savings, they spend less, further depressing Japan's anemic levels of domestic consumption.

The events of that April are still lamented everywhere as the unfortunate collateral damage of war, another consequence of the occupation that was not foreseen, like so many other aspects of the occupation, due to the lack of foresight of the Bush administration.

Who could possibly have foreseen his liking for Sarah Lucas, if wholly convinced he was a purblind misogynist and nothing more?

When architect Alfred Butts of Queens, a lover of crosswords, chess and jigsaw puzzles, invented Scrabble in 1938, he could not have foreseen players like Meller, let alone the game's explosion in popularity, or its rise to the upper firmament of cerebral, universal board games like chess and go.

(Mazumdar-Shaw's mother told me that she'd foreseen the match: "He likes golf; Kiran likes golf. He's a C.E.O.; Kiran's a C.E.O").

Nor could the company have foreseen a problem like Colombia's postponement of its national lottery, which could cost the company as much as $15 million in lost sales for the year.

"Let's face it, none of us could have foreseen an event like Lehman, but we didn't feel the capitalization of Capco as it seemed to be forming was going to be adequate in the extremely unlikely event that something happened," Mr. Meave said.

What additional benefits did you foresee doing it like that as opposed to the way Y? What recommendations would you make to someone doing this same thing?

Still, it's hard to foresee anything like a total restoration.

Perhaps Guardiola knew that Barcelona's tenure at the top could not be infinite, and possibly he foresaw nights like Tuesday?

A psychologist at the trial testified that his abnormally low IQ meant he was unable to foresee consequences like others, therefore would not have been able to foresee that another might use a knife to inflict serious harm.