1 The meaning of that was lost on me.

2 His profundities were lost on the young audience.

3 I'm afraid that joke was lost on me.

4 Good writing is lost on him. He's just not interested in literature.

5 It was lost on November twenty-fifth.

6 The joke was lost on Chris.

7 None of this was lost on Kip.

8 But his message was lost on a people enjoying an economic and political freedom that he had never allowed them.

9 Somehow, the charm of seeing city streets swarm with uneducated, unemployable and unsupervised children is lost on the cops.

10 The last-minute change saved his life: 61 Squadron's aircraft was lost on the raid.

11 To his bemusement there was no chill, or else the chill was lost on him.

12 What is won on the swings is lost on the roundabouts.

13 The debate about privacy is lost on such potential customers as James Miller.

14 It was lost on Duncan, who smiled courteously at the police inspector.

15 And some of the nuances are lost on us, or left hanging as possibilities.

16 The middle ground of reason has long been lost on this issue.

17 The danger was lost on those below who thought he was engaging in a new piece of daring.

18 More than ￡20 million in research costs has been lost on an abandoned nuclear safety programme.

19 The clock above the fireplace chimed out its message, but it was lost on them.

20 It must be lost on the way.

21 All will be lost on a common security.

22 You cannot be lost on a straight road.

23 However, the elegance of their legal arguments may be lost on millions of Thais.

24 Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.

25 Judging from his passive-Madonna performance as Gilbert Grape, Depp probably would be lost on a stage.

26 Visitor: Ah, where is my cell phone? It must be lost on the way.

27 The irony of Chinese citizens legitimately exercising a right in Norway that the government denies them at home will not be lost on journalists and other observers.

28 Plus, the old-fashioned technique added character—a touch that pleased me, though it would probably be lost on the kids.

29 For the maximum velocity, I'm suggesting that you give your encouragement to someone who can't return the favor—it's a distinction that won't be lost on the recipient.

30 And when a black citizen prepares to fill the office of Washington and Lincoln, that is a shining moment in our history that can be lost on no one.

31 While many of the riffs in the mock documentary might be lost on the little tykes, everyone should enjoy the film's feel-good message of perseverance, friendship and finding your own wave.

32 Selections will be overwritten by typed text and will be lost on cursor movement.

33 That an active volcano is the site is a correlation that hopefully cannot be lost on those receiving the telepathic message.

34 These nuances are likely to be lost on the enemies of welfare reform, who include many trade unionists and some Labour backbenchers.

35 But the joke would be lost on some: the Canadian-American musicologist Colin McPhee, who spent several years on Bali in the 1930s, recalls a young boy who showed great talent for dancing.

36 The first and last points seem to be lost on some project managers: The way that you deploy code can and does change the way that you develop it.

37 At times Brown appeared to be lost on the defensive end, and this was illustrated in the Lakers' playoff series against the Phoenix Suns where Brown was constantly caught out of position.

37 try its best to gather and create good sentences.

38 That history lesson will not be lost on Chancellor Angela Merkel. But the stakes today are immeasurably higher, both for Germany and the world economy.

39 The coarse pleasures of fatty wonderfulness will, of course, be lost on herbivores conscientiously upholding National Vegetarian Week, which starts today.

40 In fact, since adults write kids' television programmes, much of the humour may be lost on the intended audience, she said.