Example sentences of "failure of [adj] [noun] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | British fascism was born of the failure of economic conservatism to check the rapid decline of Britain in the inter-war years . |
| 2 | Durkheim shared this concern with the failure of modern civilization to produce the happiness promised by the philosophies which had emerged as the feudal period ended . |
| 3 | The failure of Western intelligence to detect the 5-megawatt plant led some analysts to speculate that much of the country 's real nuclear potential might remain hidden . |
| 4 | Maybe techniques of evaluation ( important though they are ) need not be sharp when faced with a strong weight of empirical and impressionist evidence of the failure of conservation efforts to halt the deteriorating environmental situation in substantial areas of the world . |
| 5 | Moreover , the failure of national forces to intercept the enemy is especially remarkable when one remembers that local ones often had no problem . |
| 6 | Critics also drew attention to the failure of British films to exploit the potential of British life . |