Example sentences of "for [pron] failure [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watkins comes to a similar conclusion , although he argues that the Labour Party 's hostility to working with the Communist Party was the reason for its failure to force the National government to abandon its non-intervention policy . |
| 2 | The point he missed was that they did not tax because they did not need to tax ; he despised the Scottish crown for its failure to collect the infamous taille , but this had , after all , been introduced to France only because of the need to finance military expeditions . |
| 3 | An analogy can be drawn with Corfu Channel where Albania was held liable for its failure to take action to prevent the mining of the British ships , and the Iranian Hostages case where Iran was liable for its failure to protect the American Embassy . |
| 4 | It is a cruel irony that the man who has done most to reform the party and its policies , taking it to within a whisker of power , should be blamed for its failure to make the final leap to power . |
| 5 | The most recent outrage was the work of Count Orsini , who had been moved to his attempt by the hatred he felt for Napoleon III , whom he blamed for his failure to help the Italian national movement . |