Still, the deal is far from a foregone conclusion, one analyst said.

The success of the referendums was by no means a foregone conclusion.

However, the drama may not be such a foregone conclusion on Thursday.

But maybe, after today, that's not such a foregone conclusion after all.

Obi-Wan thought the outcome of their deliberations must be a foregone conclusion.

A battle whose outcome is a foregone conclusion, from the very start.

The race was a short one, and the result a foregone conclusion.

What had earlier been a foregone conclusion had descended into a dogfight.

The ecclesiastical condemnation of their argument was of course a foregone conclusion.

Obviously then her defeat had been a foregone conclusion from the outset.

Nevertheless, in spite of this foregone conclusion, he DID speak to her.

She had not rejected their offers lightly, or from any foregone conclusion.

Why has it taken so many generations to reach a foregone conclusion?

By the time the voting took place, the result was a foregone conclusion.

Environmental groups warned that said a new runway was not a foregone conclusion.

Though the result is a foregone conclusion, the scenography of the election matters.