Sentence examples for were lost out from inspiring English sources

But some other well-known directors, like Aki Kaurismaki of Finland and Zhang Yimou of China, were lost out in favor of new or unfamiliar names.

He did say, however, that "we have had several success stories" in which rangers were able to talk people who were lost out of their predicament and onto a trail.

Heverlee, near the old university town of Leuven, also was affected: An unknown number of pupils were lost out of 24 who had gone on the trip from the Sint-Lambertus school, a small Roman Catholic institution with about 200 pupils, The Associated Press reported.

I felt that we were losing out and wasting opportunities.

"It was insane, and we thought we were losing out on the race".

Last year the World Bank said Pakistani women were losing out because of "discriminatory lending".

He acted after research suggested parents were losing out by around £52m a year.

Already, younger people were losing out in the jobs market to older workers.