Example sentences of "because [pers pn] fail [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though many genetic fluctuations do occur , most die out because they fail to confer any survival advantages on gut-dwelling microbes . |
| 2 | Current musical fashion may dictate a leaner , more vital Mozart style , but it would be a great pity to dismiss these beautiful and extremely musical accounts just because they fail to match present-day ideas . |
| 3 | Mr Field lost the nomination to a local Transport and General Workers ' union official , Mr Paul Davies , because he failed to secure sufficient votes in the trade union section . |
| 4 | Put bluntly , it did so because it failed to convince enough people it could deal with the Conservative legacy and had a plausible philosophy of wealth creation of its own . |
| 5 | Considering that NFS version 3 , which was a major re-do , is sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust because it failed to garner popular support , there will probably be some reluctance to call this puppy by the same name . |
| 6 | There were times when her preoccupation with ‘ basket power ’ , with the sovereignty of the consumer seemed part of a conception of political change that was both reformist and restricted , not least because it failed to challenge domestic discourses of women 's roles ; but such attention has to be seen in the context of a commitment to conceptions of political radicalisation based on personal development . |
| 7 | Many comments contended that LIFO is conceptually flawed because it fails to assign current costs to inventories held and so distorts the balance sheet . |