Example sentences of "have be a failure " in BNC.

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1 However , our research indicates that this is not happening , primarily because there has been a failure in most parts of the world to recognize or accept the critical role played by paraprofessionals in social service delivery , little effort has been devoted to the clarification of appropriate paraprofessional roles and functions and to their training and deployment , and too few social work education programmes are training social workers to work alongside paraprofessional personnel .
2 David Owen has been a failure in all his political activities .
3 Russia 's most wretched political problem over the past two years has been a failure to separate the powers of president and parliament .
4 The court may intervene where there has been a failure to comply with express procedural requirements .
5 One consequence of these lacunae in multiculturalist discourse has been a failure to confront issues of cultural difference .
6 ( 3 ) For the quarterly meetings of a licensing board , see s.4(1). 5.13(2) enables a hoard , if it thinks fit , to adjourn an application where there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of the Act , or where an applicant has died .
7 There has been a failure to see constitutional theory and political practice as in dynamic interaction each with the other ; there has been a failure to recognise that interpretations of the constitution are always relative to time , place , and our position as observers ; and so there has been the simple view that the constitutional set-up as it is , as it is said to be , and as it is said it should be , have all been as of one .
8 There has been a failure to see constitutional theory and political practice as in dynamic interaction each with the other ; there has been a failure to recognise that interpretations of the constitution are always relative to time , place , and our position as observers ; and so there has been the simple view that the constitutional set-up as it is , as it is said to be , and as it is said it should be , have all been as of one .
9 The term ‘ developmental ’ here indicates that there has been a failure to acquire the relevant linguistic skill ( the use of spoken language , reading or writing ) at the normal rate , during the course of development .
10 Key among them has been a failure in the UK to build appropriate or adequate bridges between business , the universities , and other sources of innovation like the national laboratories .
11 It may be that there has been a failure of performance in a key area .
12 The European Commissioner for the environment has said that he believes that there has been a failure to carry out a proper environmental impact assessment .
13 One important finding from this series has been a failure to identify Crohn 's disease preoperatively , despite thorough radiology , endoscopy , histology from biopsy or colectomy specimens , absence of perianal disease , and apparently normal small bowel at operation .
14 I have to conclude that my work has been a failure ’ Labour MP Clare Short .
15 ‘ No , I married , but alas it has been a failure .
16 There has been a failure of the crankshaft thrust washers in this case , and certainly in my view that 's exactly what the insurance is there for , and by virtue of the fact that this company is n't honouring it I feel very strongly about and I 'm endeavouring to correct that , but I think erm we 've got ta be fair that this is a conflict of interest to me .
17 Had shock therapy been applied and not led to the results expected , then it would indeed have been a failure .
18 As far as planning is concerned , there seems to have been a failure to examine the proposal realistically .
19 However , economists judged the experiment to have been a failure , as the coupons , for a total of 12,000 million roubles , were insufficient , encouraging shopkeepers to raise prices and thus fuelling inflation .
20 The first night of Leonore , Lefevre conceded sadly , had been a failure .
21 The weekend had been a failure — or rather a success .
22 Lessing consulted Dinah , who had come back tired from an evening full of accidents ; the scenery had fallen , the lesser lady had not come in on cue , the leading man had been a failure and she would have to find someone else .
23 In earlier decades it had been generally agreed that there would be benefits from standardisation , but with the benefits accruing variously to consumers , undertakings generally and appliance manufacturers , while the costs fell on the non-standard undertakings alone , there had been a failure to agree on finance for a common scheme .
24 He knew it had been a failure with a contemporary audience , however , and he looked very sallow and melancholy a few days after its openings .
25 The Ligurian Riviera was n't Italy to her ; she felt in exile once more ; the move had been a failure .
26 Paros had been a failure ; but Miltiades ' son Kimon pursued a similar line in the 470s and 460s , showing that he saw himself as the heir to his father 's policies as well as his debts ( for which see Plut .
27 The Sunhill Scheme had been a failure ; existing machinery had not settled the wage issue ; nor had coercion put an end to desertions , while the seamen had concluded that their reasonableness and patriotism were being exploited .
28 Clearly , the presentation of the Alliance cause to the electors had been a failure .
29 The policeman was grieving for his Scotch terrier , while the dragoman — a fellow with big , prominent eyes like a lobster 's — had proved singularly incompetent throughout the trip ; even his cooking had been a failure .
30 He returned to London from Lancaster in 1862 without job or income , sensing that his life so far had been a failure .
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