Sentence examples for were somewhat lost from inspiring English sources

Such vagaries of capitalism were somewhat lost on the streets of Chinatown, however, where Mr. Chiu was using a hand truck to move his two heavy bags of rice back home.

I do have to say, the melancholy horror of this moment is somewhat lost on me.

Though it's been somewhat lost in the storm, our report makes some very clear recommendations.

That partnership was somewhat lost in the past and agencies became more like vendors than trusted advisors.

Chace does quote Taft's lonely cries in the wilderness, though they are somewhat lost in the shuffle of anecdotes.

The high ground was somewhat lost when the group promptly invited in Venezuela, which had been trying to join for years.

Unfortunately, following initial decisive and determined actions to establish urban forests by the General Directorate of Forestry, the momentum has now been somewhat lost with the consequence that many urban forests are now falling into in a state of neglect.

"The fact that he would have been entitled to claim for a second property has been somewhat lost in the clamour and hysteria surrounding the case".

"Even state consultants have reported that it appears that the sole mission of educating children has been somewhat lost on personal political agendas," he said.

So much of the book's appeal lies in its final trick and backward chronology that its characters are somewhat lost in the larger picture.

It is somewhat lost amidst the clamorous chatter nowadays about "dialogue," and "moderate Taliban," but Najibullah's murder, was, in fact, the first public action taken by the Taliban when they seized power the first time around, in 1996.