While the Maggie-Sam romance achieves a wincing tolerability by the long-foregone conclusion, it functions primarily as a pesky garnish that prevents the reader from eating Mones's entree — like fighting through a thicket of parsley to savor the eight-treasure dongpo pork obscured beneath.
The long, dry season leading to the Super Bowl looks like such a foregone conclusion for the New England Patriots — they may not be the incumbents, but they seem unstoppable — that there's more excitement over Super Tuesday than the big game.
The long period of preparation for the war in Iraq now appears to have been devoted more to justifying a foregone conclusion than to actually preparing — except in the case of the invasion itself.
The long period of preparation for the war in Iraq now appears to have been devoted more to justifying a foregone conclusion than to actually preparing except in the case of the invasion itself.
The insurance policies can cover the long lists of costs and losses, including patching holes in computer networks, locating culprits, notifying affected consumers and battling lawsuits, as well as foregone business and public relations campaigns.
"For the longest time, it was a foregone conclusion that he would never be charged for her murder," said Sheila Weller, a cousin of Ms. Hover.
The long-debated and contentious change must still be approved by the national Geographic Names Council in October, but most consider that a foregone conclusion.
The foregone rent is called "imputed rental income," and the White House Office of Management and Budget calculates the foregone tax that results from it at $50 billion a year.
