Example sentences of "fail [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They resorted to terror and adventurism , for which there was no justification now that a powerful Social Democratic movement had taken shape , and they failed to acknowledge the leadership that must be exercised by the proletariat over the peasantry and the democratic movement as a whole . |
| 2 | He again failed to acknowledge the part that he could play in reducing the odds which are stacked against women and shackle them in the way that he described . |
| 3 | For a time the company failed to acknowledge the problem until the numbers began to be serious , at which time the management decided to ‘ regroup , become leaner , and work differently . ’ |
| 4 | He failed to realize the difference and his blank expression made her smile . |
| 5 | What interests her , apparently , is not the remark itself , but ‘ the degree to which the piece of recall ’ — her piece of recall , presumably — ‘ failed to affect the novel in any way ’ . |
| 6 | Application of human recombinant bFGF ( 1–100 µg/kg/hour subcutaneously ) failed to affect the formation of acute gastric lesions induced by 100% ethanol and acidified aspirin but reduced the stress induced by gastric lesions . |
| 7 | If anyone failed to attend the muster , heavy fines and punishments could be imposed . |
| 8 | Over half of the 45 heads of state or government , including King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt , failed to attend the gathering and were represented instead by deputies . |
| 9 | Despite gaining a second corner during the half , Milton failed to penetrate the home defence and at half time neither side had scored . |
| 10 | Of course they were and they failed , and they failed to penetrate the defence |
| 11 | MARK failed to penetrate the Palace 's inner circle , and Prince Charles was said to have nicknamed him ‘ Fog ’ because he was thick and wet . |
| 12 | It made much of ‘ flexibility ’ but in a way which implied that only certain versions of flexibility were permitted , and it failed to treat the notion of ‘ good practice ’ as the problematic issue it manifestly is . |
| 13 | Although Noir — a popular local politician — was re-elected to his seat , his challenge to Jacques Chirac 's leadership of the RPR failed to gather the momentum he had hoped . |
| 14 | Although arterial infusion of TDCA ( 100 µmol/l ) significantly inhibited motor activity , it failed to stimulate the release of PYY ( 67 ( 10 ) pmol/l v 93 ( 22 ) pmol/l ; p>0.05 , n=5 ) . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher stopped him going into the ERM , and Treasury forecasters failed to spot the recession . |
| 16 | A locum consultant failed to spot the result of her earlier test and arranged for a totally unnecessary exploratory operation . |
| 17 | Town failed to spot the danger and sure enough Portsmouth and Durnin were back after the break : Walsh had a free run and Oxford 's old striker a real blast to make it one-nil . |
| 18 | Automatic cameras snapped a picture of Nichola Grabauskas 's Metro number plate and the back of the breakdown truck but failed to spot the tow rope . |
| 19 | BANK staff failed to spot the age difference when 26-year-old Kenneth Wilby posed as his father . |
| 20 | Almost unprecedentedly , however , English Nature failed to confirm the designation . |
| 21 | Extensive research failed to support the cycle of deprivation thesis but the stereotype lived on , and grew to more prominence with the dominance of the right wing in the Conservative party and thence in British society and politics : Keith Joseph was of course an early leading figure in this faction within the party . |
| 22 | It generated a large volume of mail and telephone calls and frightened enough members into believing that the electoral consequences would be dire if they failed to support the president . |
| 23 | The rain , however , failed to silence the pen of Parsons ( never one to be at a loss for a line or two of copy ! ) . |
| 24 | In Campbell and Palmer v Crest Homes ( Wessex ) Ltd ( 1989 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 13 November , the plaintiff vendors agreed to sell some development land to the defendant purchasers at the price the property might reasonably be expected to fetch on the open market at the relevant date on a sale by a willing vendor to a willing purchaser ; if the parties failed to agree the price within four weeks they were to refer to an independent surveyor to determine the price . |
| 25 | The Swedish international striker 's proposed £500,000 move from Belgian club Mechelen fell through after Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan failed to agree the fee . |
| 26 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 27 | It was quite dark when Breeze let herself into the house , and for a second she was dazzled by the electric light , and failed to see the suitcases in the hall . |
| 28 | ‘ The fourth aircraft dropped outside the Harbour in an attempt to run a torpedo through the breakwater but failed to see the result . |
| 29 | I failed to see the connection . |
| 30 | Geoffroy Saint Hilaire uncoupled transmutationism from the idea of a linear scale , but again failed to see the importance of geographical factors . |