Helen looked straight up at the sky as if a lost memory or thought of some kind was coming back to her.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Too many of his small force would be lost if he tried to fire these guns.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

"I'm saying that this money, this opportunity that could be lost if it's not used will not happen to you again for another ten years,ten years.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

"If there is," he said, "then all our hard work is lost.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

But if he showed any weakness, the fight would be lost.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Captain Camara says politicians seems so afraid of the support that he is receiving, it is as if they are lost.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

"If the authorities cannot convince the doctors and if the doctors don't advise their own patients, the battle is lost.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

He says,if Russia had lost the war, the consequences for the country would have been much more catastrophic.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

If he does,it would be the first time in the western state's history that a sitting governor lost his seat in a primary election.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

The top U.S.commander in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, has warned that the war with the Taliban could be lost if more troops are not deployed.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

"If we go into a protectionist downward spiral, we are lost,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

"Partly because, while personal counseling and a personal coach might be the Cadillac version of weight loss maintenance, it may not be practical for all people after they've lost weight, whereas if an Internet website can prove to be helpful, something like an Internet website is available.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"In Europe and also here increasingly in the U.S., they are talking as if we had basically lost it and the main question was talking to the Taliban and settling to some degree on their terms, whereas we still have not tried - and I think it would be worth trying for a year, at least,or two - to address the causes as to why the Taliban has become relatively popular, or at least relatively accepted,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.11