Sentence examples for fortunate face from inspiring English sources

The easy explanation, of course, is that the wealthy and powerful avoid their comeuppance while those less fortunate face the wrath of prosecutors.

The less fortunate face the prospect of trying to get a place through "clearing", the mopping-up exercise in which state universities offer their unfilled places to the best of the rest.But this year, thanks to both the parlous state of government finances and renewed attempts to make universities compete among themselves for students, the landscape is significantly different.

His counterpart in goal, Toronto's Ed Belfour, was not as fortunate, facing 36 shots and innumerable distractions.

They were also fortunate to face an Arizona side that limped into the play-offs without a real option at quarterback.

They are weakest at cornerback, which is why they are fortunate to face an opponent that throws 44 percent of its passes to either Bowe or Charles.

But not every young person with physical or learning disabilities is so fortunate; many face a postcode lottery, particularly when it comes to post-16 education.

Yet even those "fortunate" children face a long road home.

Other communities are less fortunate, and face the daily chores of traveling great distances to fetch water so that they can cook and bathe their children.

Hence, we are faced with two realities: one of successful outcomes and increased life expectancy for some individuals with type 1 diabetes in parallel to those less fortunate still facing a challenge to survive.

Less fortunate "Isis" residents face the "Scunthorpe problem" – the brainless filtering of blacklisted words contained in names or places.

A woman whose death precedes her husband's is considered so fortunate that her face, and especially her forehead, may be smeared with red.