Sentence examples for not seized upon from inspiring English sources

It would be a pity if this opportunity was not seized upon".

Despite the known difficulties of real democratic community involvement [ 28- 30], the windows of opportunity opened by these new exemption policies were not seized upon to revive this community-based participation.

As he said, there is now criticism that the Bush administration did not seize upon the frail intelligence it had to stop the September 11th attacks, yet also criticism that stronger but still frail intelligence led to the decision to invade Iraq.

The Charlotte Observer mentioned the meal in a piece that ran Friday Shelby Police Chief Jeff Ledford mentioned to the press that after Roof complained that he hadn't had a meal in a while, the cops got him some BK but as often happens in an age when the internet is actually impossible to keep up with, the nugget wasn't seized upon by social media activists until days later.

The Charlotte Observer mentioned the meal in a piece that ran Friday – Shelby Police Chief Jeff Ledford mentioned to the press that after Roof complained that he hadn't had a meal in a while, the cops got him some BK – but as often happens in an age when the internet is actually impossible to keep up with, the nugget wasn't seized upon by social media activists until days later.

Mr. Obama said he would, while Mrs. Clinton said she would not, a distinction that Mr. Obama seized upon again Wednesday in an effort to show that he is a candidate of change.

You could have discussed this in a couple of places, but you didn't seize upon those opportunities.

"It's an initiative the mayor seized upon," Mr. Carey said.

With this in mind, it is amazing that Chinese aid to Africa has not seized earlier upon the building of universities.

Several experts said the study should not be seized upon as cause for alarm, but rather as a way to help parents and doctors gauge what to be aware of in boys' development and whether to start conversations about social issues sooner.

St Johnstone have never even won the Scottish Cup, yet this opportunity is not being widely seized upon by paying customers.