Defeat is a foregone conclusion.
The outcome of this football game is a foregone conclusion.
The election result is not a foregone conclusion.
It's a foregone conclusion that we'll have a Bumper harvest this year.
QE is a foregone conclusion right after Election day, so let's finish discounting it.
But a source close to the President stressed to the Guardian that "early elections are not a foregone conclusion."
The child was weaned, and her separation from her son - permanent separation - was already a foregone conclusion.
Nowadays, the second discarded Prince is a foregone conclusion. He should have no worries about his future.
It's almost a foregone conclusion that China's insurance fund will be invested directly in stock market this year.
Thus, by the time it got around to considering the environmental impact of the final segment, the decision would be a foregone conclusion.
The Chinese renminbi fell for the third consecutive day yesterday, sparking speculation that its continued appreciation might not be a foregone conclusion.
As they give birth to only one or two cubs when mating is successful, the giant panda's survival in the wild is anything but a foregone conclusion.
In a land space of only 28.6 square kilometers, it is a foregone conclusion that there will be a great amount of empty positions.
Now, the Ministry of Finance can not help but make it clear that it is "a foregone conclusion" before scholars can make a lot of comments.
He did not send a lawyer to represent him at the trial. The Cuban authorities instead provided him with one of their own, making the verdict a foregone conclusion.
Now that the excavation of the Ming Tomb is a foregone conclusion, Xia Nao, deputy director of the Institute of Archaeology and in charge of its business, is duty-bound to undertake the excavation guidance.
However, at the venerable Glasgow club, with its118- year history of consistent distinction on the field of play, nobody is allowed the luxury of taking refuge under bookmakers' odds that suggest defeat in their opening Group F match against United is a foregone conclusion.
