Example sentences of "it fail [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | As a result of this it failed to represent artists who , over a long period , deserved recognition . |
2 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to notify clients in writing of the amount and terms of commission received as a result of advice given to those clients and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 5.03 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to give notice to its Bank that all money standing to the credit of its Investment Business Client Bank Account was to be held by the firm as a trustee or agent within the terms of the regulation was reprimanded , fined £l , 000 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
3 | Where Ritualist influence was strong , this campaign achieved some success ; but it failed to eliminate monuments reflecting the mundane interests of the dead . |
4 | It failed to convince readers either of the case against nationalism or of that for the policies of slow African advance being put forward by the Government . |
5 | Last month , the IMF declared Honduras ineligible for further funds after it failed to repay debts of $16 million , bringing its overdue obligations to $26.5 million . |
6 | Sir Alfred had spent enough of Rubery Owen 's profits and was impatient for success ; BRM would be closed down if it failed to win races in 1962 . |
7 | Yet the advice to surgeons about ways in which transmission of these viruses might be avoided during operative procedures is deficient in that it fails to mention techniques of monitoring any breaches in the integrity of the barrier between the patient and surgeon . |
8 | Rachel Storm , author of a study of the New Age movements , adds : ‘ Like many New Age movements , it fails to put newcomers entirely in the picture . ’ |
9 | The biggest snag , says Mr Moore , is that some of the company 's employees expect too much of the new system , and are disappointed when it fails to deliver miracles . |
10 | Another serious objection to this HCF kind of approach is that it fails to prepare pupils for the real world , helping them to appreciate the strength of religious conviction and extend to people of all kinds of religious persuasion , including those dubbed as " fundamentalist " or " extremist " , real empathy and desire to understand their positions . |
11 | Like the third objection to the HCF model , the fourth is that it fails to prepare pupils for the pluralist world with its confusions , contradictions and instability . |
12 | The issue has been cast in scientific circles and the press as a clash between ‘ good ’ science and what is scornfully described as ‘ junk ’ science because it fails to meet tests of scientific legitimacy . |