Example sentences of "[vb past] failed [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considerable criticism was also made of the judge 's summing-up in the case , which some felt failed to clarify the real issues . |
| 2 | All was not trouble-free , and the line failed its Board of Trade inspection on July 29th , not for any defect of the electrical system , but because the contractor had failed to lay the track properly to gauge . |
| 3 | The Commons members ' interests select committee 's report followed a complaint by a Labour MP , Dale Campbell-Savours , that Mr Gummer had failed to declare the work in the MPs ' register . |
| 4 | Calling for " truth and justice " in the 90,000 unresolved cases throughout Latin America , Fedefam alleged that the practice of disappearance continued in Colombia , El Salvador , Guatemala and Peru and that the experience could easily recur in countries which had failed to apprehend the culprits and bring them to trial . |
| 5 | British merchant banks had failed to see the enormous unfulfilled potential in Habitat and tended to regard it as one of those here-today , gone-tomorrow phenomena . |
| 6 | One deaf electrician from Gillingham , Kent , a Thomas Pearce , was shot dead by a sentry in Southport , Lancashire , to which place he had been sent to do a job : he had failed to see the sentry in the dark and the sentry shot him after challenging him three times . |
| 7 | Mosley , arguing that Spengler 's understanding of caesarism was profound but that he had failed to see the potential in modern science to rejuvenate society , saw fascism as a ‘ mutiny against destiny ’ . |
| 8 | Nourse J in the Chancery Division agreed with the finding of the Special Commissioners and felt that the Inland Revenue had failed to see the wood for the trees ( p457e ) . |
| 9 | Even if the Prussian Colonisation Commission had failed to drive the Poles out entirely , many of the old Slav survivors of the original settlement of Pomerania had been drawn into the German language orbit . |
| 10 | They claimed that to date diplomatic , political and humanitarian efforts by the international community had failed to stop the aggression against them and had done little to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population . |
| 11 | The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities claimed that the Government had failed to acknowledge the overwhelming case for more investment . |
| 12 | James V had failed to subdue the Armstrongs and their kind . |
| 13 | Apparently because of a border dispute with Saudi Arabia in October [ see p. 39165 ] , Qatar 's Foreign Minister had failed to attend the November conference of foreign affairs ministers of the GCC states [ see p. 39214 ] . |
| 14 | Trained as they were , the psychiatrists on the screening tests had failed to scratch the surface of her most secret place ; had failed to detect the urge to self-destruction which would automatically bar her from G9 , as it did in the SAS and SBS . |
| 15 | The journalist , attracted by Roosevelt 's easy charm , had failed to detect the underlying strength of character and iron determination that were clearly revealed in his 13 years as president . |
| 16 | At the end of 1987 they had failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup and then played two drawn series against India and Pakistan , in the latter case coming close to defeat before squeezing a two-wicket victory to square the rubber . |
| 17 | In the legislative elections of October 1991 the party had failed to reach the necessary minimum of 7 per cent of votes cast . |
| 18 | He said there had been a number of occasions in the past two years where a helicopter from Prestwick had failed to reach the area due to low cloud , while Lossiemouth helicopters frequently had to make considerable detours round the east coast . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , he added , it had failed to take the necessary steps to prevent an escape of rainbow trout . |
| 20 | From the beginning the putsch had been poorly conceived : it had failed to mobilize the support of the pieds noirs or to win over the conscript troops , who were the vast majority . |
| 21 | He had failed to notice the approach of the goods train , which was being pushed backwards , and was hit by the leading wagon after stepping onto the track . |
| 22 | The report stated that another 40 results were outstanding and that repeat elections were to be held in 20 constituencies where candidates had failed to receive the minimum number of votes . |
| 23 | They were taken up by the fast-running forwards to outplay and outwit the slow and often clumsy defensive play of oppositions who had failed to grasp the significance of the changed offside rules . |
| 24 | He gave every impression of being a man besotted with her — he felt he had failed to grasp the one chance of happiness facing him . ’ |
| 25 | Mrs Bottomley later dismissed suggestions that she had failed to grasp the nettle . |
| 26 | The decision , condemned by some observers as unconstitutional , was reportedly made after it emerged that the suspended ministries had failed to implement the Dec. 10 ban on Hindu religious groups . |
| 27 | The exchange , the CFTC said , had failed to notify the agency of serious deficiencies in Stotler 's financial records as early as 1987 , failed to enforce its own capital requirements , and failed to tell the CFTC that Stotler was undercapitalised by as much as $1.1m between October 1989 and April 1990 . |
| 28 | Conventional treatments , including surgery , had failed to improve the blood flow to the heart . |
| 29 | Mr Geddes added that his group was of the view that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had failed to consult the Scottish people about water privatisation and was pursuing the matter in spite of it not being included in the Conservative election manifesto . |
| 30 | So the upshot of the trial was that Mr. Steed was restored to the position of registered proprietor but had failed to upset the building society 's charge . |