Example sentences of "it failed [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it failed to take account of the fact that British industry at the time was undergoing traumatic upheavals and that the impact of this upon firms had to be recognized if the need to decentralize in the first place was to be understood . |
| 2 | In Aden Nizan had learned a simple and never-to-be-forgotten lesson : that to live one 's life , as he had since the age of twelve , with the sole objective of not being a loser was an inadequate response , since it failed to take account of the political and social structures which determined the real significance of such a project . |
| 3 | As a result of this it failed to represent artists who , over a long period , deserved recognition . |
| 4 | ( 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 . |
| 5 | ( 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 . |
| 6 | Where Ritualist influence was strong , this campaign achieved some success ; but it failed to eliminate monuments reflecting the mundane interests of the dead . |
| 7 | It failed to allow God his proper place , and was really no better than complete materialism . |
| 8 | Prospects were bleak a year ago at Thornaby Impasse after it failed to secure funding . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Despite its bid for attention , it failed to obtain Minton an ARA , a disappointment that may have been enhanced by the fact that this year Rodrigo Moynihan was made a full Academician . |
| 11 | The LTE objected to the direction on the ground that it failed to have regard to the LTE 's financial duty under section 7(3) to break even so far as is practicable . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It failed to gain Kensington , Battersea , or Westminster North , all Guardian strongholds . |
| 14 | For example , when Kodak wished to set up a regional distribution centre in Nairobi , it failed to gain permission for ‘ green channel ’ facilities for the re-exports . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It failed to win government and parliamentary approval . |
| 17 | Our report on this matter was sent to the presbyteries under the act , but it failed to win acceptance . |