| There remain recurring rumours his blockbuster novels must have been ghosted by a craftsman with the wit that eludes the public man of affairs. |
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| Whether racing or daysailing, the Lightning offers a combination of performance and stability that eludes most one-designs. |
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| Couto's book originates in the need to explain an identity that eludes the Procrustean dogmas of language, region, even religion. |
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| This toxin molecule is so tiny that it often eludes detection by the immune system. |
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| Quite how this fits in with the activists' description of themselves as Marxists or revolutionaries still eludes me. |
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| Rose always packs her interpretations with interesting observations, but their general applicability eludes her. |
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| And the mysterious opening sequence, in which a teenage boy is cured of his stammer by a hypnotist, eludes explanation and classification. |
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| In an immune-compromised patient, invasive aspergillosis is a devastating disease that can present in this fashion and often eludes diagnosis. |
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| The conversational style essential to success eludes most of us, or is parodied in a false mateyness, but it seemed to come naturally to him. |
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| But new recruits will need to cultivate diplomacy, and that frequently eludes a successful newspaper hack. |
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| But the question that always eludes me is what you talk about while having your bikini line waxed. |
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| Greatness eludes the film because you simply don't care deeply enough about the trials and tribulations of the people at its core. |
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| If victory eludes them then they will have to rely on Old Crossleyans beating Old Brodlieans. |
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| Desire lingers even if that which we desire forever eludes us, forever remains beyond embodiment. |
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| But, alas, such a clear and distinct view of mental intentionality still eludes philosophers of mind. |
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| It eludes me as to how the various blogs will be judged and under what criteria. |
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| During the opening credit sequence, the main character cunningly eludes a patrol car. |
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| It is another of those nights when sleep eludes me and I am restless both mentally and physically. |
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| While the solution to this mystery eludes us, the facts are evident, and we would be wise to adapt to them. |
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| This fact eludes numerous media members who have been attracted to Napster's deals with Penn State and the University of Rochester. |
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| We now have a transparent reimbursement system that gushes forth so much information that genuine understanding often still eludes us. |
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| Although decision-making affects all aspects of our life, there is one area that eludes the decision-making process: the beginning of our life. |
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| Despite considerable efforts by the international community, progress often eludes us. |
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| If something difficult and opaque that eludes understanding comes up, it is not a subject for discussion, but unreal, positively otherworldly. |
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| Yet, despite the enormous individual and national costs of smoking, finding a surefire way to help people quit still eludes us. |
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| Leggy wetas and spiders are easy to spot but the native bat eludes us. |
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| It is insidious that the power of this negative force is so pervasive and permeating that it eludes governments around the world. |
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| Yet four years into the second Chechen war, victory still eludes Russia, and there are signs that the upheaval is spilling into Ingushetia and Dagestan. |
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| Loeb, a yoga-practicing surfer and fitness nut, possesses the kind of certainty that eludes many of his elders. |
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| However, in the Conference on Disarmament, a consensus on the programme of work still eludes us. |
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| Its relatively stable set of themes, motifs, generic forms, and elocutionary devices invites an inclusive study that, Gordon Braden rightly notes, eludes our grasp. |
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| The most important challenge we face today, fixing our economy, is another crisis that eludes any quick fix. |
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| The secret to marital bliss eludes the Western civilization, although arrogance and conceit keep it from admitting fundamental flaws and looking elsewhere for solutions. |
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| The actual event underpinning his fragmented memory of being held by his arms and legs and having his pants cut still eludes him. |
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| He eludes our planning and his action does not depend on an atmosphere of collective expectancy. |
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| Related: Bafta TV prize eludes Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch missed out on a Bafta at his fifth attempt. |
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| These factors provide the key to the success of the virus in producing chronic infection that eludes the immune system. |
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| But now, in the most propitious of circumstances, they were unable to go one better and claim the parliamentary seat which still eludes them. |
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| For the truth is that the essential element in any righting of wrongs eludes the law because it lies in the political will of the powers that be. |
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| She eludes the subject, and judging from her aggressive tone of voice, it must have been raised before. |
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| He made the kind of personal style statement that eludes most men. |
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| The counterfeit trade also eludes national taxation systems. |
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| Because he argues that the reality of being eludes human ability to confine it to discourse, it is not perhaps surprising that the manhaj al-siddiqin is not in strictu sensu an apodeictic proof. |
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| Yet his career eludes simple description or honorifics. |
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| It has the suggestive power of an icon, an image that is all the more compelling for being presented as an enigma: fixed in a hieratic pose, with eyes hidden in shadow, the figure eludes all explanation. |
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| All right, driving on fast roads still eludes me – but one day. |
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| You can buy malt extract in nearly all health food stores and some larger supermarkets, but if it eludes you, use 2 tbsp soft light brown sugar and a splash more water instead. |
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| Good, very often, eludes us, and our rights are taken to other people. |
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| Equal voice eludes women in our legislatures. |
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| However, this definition of disease eludes fundamental issues in philosophy and bioethics, such as the delimitation between normal and pathological on one hand, and between treatment and enhancement on the other. |
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| The UN mandate to improve the legal system in Haiti is an unmet challenge that still eludes the Haitian government and the international community. |
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| If agreement eludes the negotiating parties, it is clearly possible that some order could be made affecting title to the lands and UBC could be called upon to honour its undertaking. |
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| It can be tracked down, but eludes tracking with increasing regularity. |
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| She took me into her small nonwindowed office closet to interview me for a job whose description eludes me even today. |
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| Watson and Sir Henry pursue Selden on the moor, but he eludes them, while Watson notices another man on a nearby tor. |
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| Trouble is, self-discipline eludes you as Saturn opposes your sign. |
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| What eludes investigators is what triggered the short circuit. |
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| Perhaps this is the real scandal that eludes Professor Troy. |
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| Being outside the mainstream can give one distance and objectivity, often equipping the outsider with insights and a self-critical perceptiveness that eludes others. |
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