Example sentences of "it fails [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In many respects it fails to answer these issues satisfactorily , although allowing the court to order medical examinations without parental consent legitimizes a position well established on an informal basis amongst the professionals involved . |
| 2 | Many comments contended that LIFO is conceptually flawed because it fails to assign current costs to inventories held and so distorts the balance sheet . |
| 3 | For all its sophistication , however , it fails to place central-local relationships in the wider political and economic setting . |
| 4 | Yet it is limited ; if applied to particles with very high energies it fails to provide meaningful answers . |
| 5 | It fails to guarantee civil rights , as our lamentable record at the European Court of Human Rights shows . |