Sentence examples for missing chances before from inspiring English sources

Aronian went ahead in the very first game as White but thereafter it was a pitched battle with both players missing chances before the final game in which Aronian, as Black, demonstrated terrific poise in denying Shirov any real activity and then defusing the position when the chance arose with ruthless efficiency.

Middlesbrough dominated the first half, with Mustapha Carayol and Kamara both missing chances before Adomah added a second by heading home Richard Smallwood's cross.

Andy Hughes and Forster both missed chances before Reading pulled level in the 16th minute.

At the Dutch end, a trio Germans queue up to miss chances, before Affelay counters and wins a corner for the Dutch.

Arsenal went toe-to-toe with Bayern; they created (and missed) chances before they bent the result to the sheer force of their will.

Atlético's normally leaky defense didn't buckle in near-freezing temperatures at the José Zorrilla stadium, as García and Nestor Canobbio missed chances before Sergio Agüero scored the fourth.

Both Manchester teams missed chances before Scholes was left unmarked in the City penalty area to head home a cross from Patrice Evra in the third minute of stoppage time.

Analysis shows there are often several missed chances to intervene before a mass shooting and researchers found the "weeks, months, or even years when a would-be killer is escalating toward violence are a window of opportunity in which he can be detected and thwarted".

David Ngog and Martin Petrov had both missed chances for Bolton before the ex-Swansea and Gillingham man's strike.

But Poland were left to rue enough missed chances to have rescued matters long before then.

There were missed greens, missed putts and missed chances, and that was before they started to play under the lights at the 15th hole.