Sentence examples for forgone chances from inspiring English sources

The event is so empty that even President Lula, who has not forgone chances to say goodbye to international scene and was the star of the last climate summit in Copenhagen, withdrew at the last minute from attending.

Limiting treatments in critically ill patients does not mean forgoing chances of survival.

So Bloomberg wants to remain in office, having forgone the chance to join Nader as an independent Presidential candidate.

Obviously, he had explained to me merely what a child would be able to grasp, but it impressed me as much more because my schoolteachers and my father, all of them less great than Einstein, had never forgone a chance to make me feel a perfect fool (and to tell me, lest I should have missed drawing the inference), even when they spoke to me about fractions or equations of the first degree.

Yet the discovery near Qom gives Iran a chance to change tack though it has forgone several such chances in the past.

It's true that actors, by and large, have proved unwilling to settle down and build their lives on regional-theater salaries, forgoing the chance of fame and fortune.

In return, Gawker would forgo its chance to appeal.

Still, Israel has been asked to forgo the chance to hold a seat on the Security Council.

Like Griffey, Shawn Green was traded and signed a new contract, forgoing his chance to be a free agent.

We have decided to forgo the chance of skate-hire, and to leave the rollerblading to the experts.

Forgoing a chance to sort out his own list of glamour markets, he had agreed to a five-year extension in Oklahoma City.