Sentence examples for lost occasion from inspiring English sources

Robert Badinter, a senator and former president of the constitutional council, wrote in Le Monde that the changes were "a lost occasion, not for the Socialists, but for the republic," adding, "Our institutions suffer from a profound wound: the hyperpower of the president".

This study has attempted to estimate the direct economic loses occasioned by outbreaks of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) based on perceived loss of benefits experienced by the Turkana people.

I worry that the formative learning years, particularly in middle distance, are being lost on occasions like this.

Ride the horse – not the race.' If you ride a great horse like Authorized, and no one thinks you can lose, the occasion can get to you.

His uninterested conduct on that occasion lost him royal favour.

The Pistons advanced to the NBA finals in 1955 and 1956 but lost on each occasion.

Birmingham have faced Premiership opposition five times in 2005 and lost on every occasion.

Few of these people have ever explained exactly what it is they feel we lost on that occasion.

Front-Line mapping for the First Army on one occasion lost his nine-strong squadron four planes in three days.

On the nights he jumped up to challenge for super welter, middle and super middleweight titles, he lost on each occasion to Wilfred Benítez, Hagler and Leonard respectively.

It was almost lost in the occasion, but O'Connor had won his first point and Europe were just one away from retaining the cup.