Sentence examples for missing the chance from inspiring English sources

By missing the chance offered by the conference in The Hague to reach a compromise, all sides have made it likely that the damage done by global warming will worsen.

He suggested that the attorneys in the Southern District weren't happy about missing the chance.

Were we missing the chance to learn something about Skip James?

Fear means missing the chance for what Ignatieff calls "a huge prize at the end".

Ms. Dolgow lamented missing the chance to become a stand-up comic.

You're not thinking about missing the chance and hearing the groans from the crowd.

This equates to almost 140 Merseyside patients missing the chance of their bowel cancer being diagnosed earlier.

Although he does sound wistful about missing the chance to play Olympic doubles with his close friend Andy Roddick.

If Qingming resented missing the chance to attend an elite school, he did not tell his closest friends.

Jobs appears to lap up the adulation he gets at Macworld, and he's missing the chance for a blockbuster finish.

When at last he succeeded, Mr Brown blew it by missing the chance to call an early election while he was still relatively popular.