Example sentences of "failed [to-vb] the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , plans to send members of the Japanese armed forces to the Gulf in a non-combat role had collapsed in November after Kaifu failed to secure the necessary bipartisan support for the measure 's approval in the House of Councillors — the upper chamber of the Diet — where the LDP lacked an overall majority . |
| 2 | Gourlay and Australian pair Ian Schuback ( the defending champion ) and Commonwealth gold medallist Rob Parrella saw their bowls thrown out of the championship when they failed to pass the compulsory green test . |
| 3 | Though it failed to define the new Socialist Party 's financial needs , the party 's holiday homes , hotels and hunting lodges were obvious targets for re-nationalisation . |
| 4 | At the last presidential elections , held on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 , 1988 , Mauno Koivisto , the candidate supported primarily by the SSDP , failed to win the required absolute majority but was re-elected for a second term by the electoral college on Feb. 15 [ see pp. 35853-54 ] . |
| 5 | A French proposal to turn the Antarctic into a whale sanctuary failed to win the necessary three-quarters majority for adoption , being supported by 19 countries and opposed by eight , but the proposal will be discussed again at next year 's meeting after a working group has met to discuss the boundaries of the sanctuary and other details . |
| 6 | The decision to lift the 1986 embargo on iron , steel and gold coins was taken in April 1991 [ see p. 38132 ] but implementation was delayed when the minority Danish government failed to win the necessary parliamentary support [ see p. 38318 ] . |
| 7 | For many years , courts in the United States failed to understand the Latin American approach ; the failure was so fundamental that a plaintiff in a Latin American republic had no means of serving process on a defendant in the United States . |
| 8 | The measures failed to satisfy the African National Congress ( ANC ) which had been demanding the restitution of land seized from blacks and other reparations for the victims of racial discrimination . |
| 9 | HUNDREDS OF heavy metal fans were left stranded at Derby Station last Saturday when British Rail failed to run the usual special train to London after the massive Donington Monsters of Rock festival . |
| 10 | In a post-war climate where nationalisation was the key component in the economic sphere , and reorganisation and rationalisation of what already existed the most characteristic feature of social policy , ‘ planning ’ failed to dislodge the established administrative systems or to overcome the temptation to make do with ad hoc measures . |
| 11 | One in 38 companies actively trading in England and Wales failed to survive the past three months . |
| 12 | He also won majority support for early parliamentary elections , but failed to get the necessary absolute majority of all registered voters , so the proposal failed . |
| 13 | Robert Naish must have been disappointed at the members ' Extraordinary General Meeting on June 5th when his three-part motion failed to get the necessary 2:1 majority ( For 125 , Against 103 ) . |
| 14 | Ards kept going forward at every opportunity and Fry kicked further two penalties in a storming finish but failed to get the deciding winning score . |
| 15 | The Torbay line has always been run as a large-scale people mover and minimalist operation since the DVR took over the line in 1973 , but this stance failed to deliver the desired profitable results in 1991 . |
| 16 | As in the 29 other instances , an attempt by Congress to override the veto failed to muster the required two-thirds majority . |
| 17 | SHEFFIELD 'S Fidel Castro Smith failed to take the vacant European super-middleweight boxing title when he was outpointed by Italy 's Vincenzo Nardiello in Rome last night . |
| 18 | In presidential elections held on April 8 , Mario Vargas Llosa , 54 , the internationally acclaimed novelist and candidate of the Democratic Front ( FREDEMO ) , won 27.61 per cent of the vote but failed to gain the necessary overall majority . |
| 19 | On May 13 the bill was approved by the Soviet of the Union , but failed to gain the necessary two-thirds majority in the Soviet of Nationalities . |
| 20 | Opposition parties failed to gain the necessary 201 votes to dismiss him , although they won the motion by 189 to 174 votes . |
| 21 | By deepening the partisan rift , the Thomas affair also cast its shadow over the Senate 's attempt to override the President , which failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds majority by two votes on Oct. 16 . |