Sentence examples for losing spots from inspiring English sources

Let in too many in-state students and it risks losing spots in the all-important college ranking (and money, since students from out of state get charged far more); let in too few and it gets calls from angry legislators who have the complaining parents on their back.

It's like throwing darts at a board that has six losing spots to every winning one.

These fake option trades were always in the opposite direction of his losing spot currency bets, so it appeared inside Allfirst that he had offset his losses.

The losing spot seems to be between Steven of the wedding dress, and Chris's "Paris Hooker '50s" outfit, as Kors shortens it to.

"The bitterness is that motorists will lose spots.

Other nearly lost spots are sprinkled over Central Park, some of them shown in the slide show with the online edition of this column.

With Andy Pettitte continuing to build arm strength in the minor leagues, and Michael Pineda (left shoulder tendinitis) expected back next month, one or two Yankees starters could lose spots in the rotation.

Slowly but surely, police chiefs are also losing their spots on the party's regional Standing Committees.

"I'm not worried about losing my spot," Deco said.

Do they risk losing their spot by sitting down?

Both players need to check in at least 15 minutes before to avoid losing the spot.