Example sentences of "failing [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Niazi , whose Jamiat Ulama-i Pakistan ( Niazi ) party ( JUP ) would nevertheless remain a member of the ruling Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) , objected to Sharif 's pro-United States policy , and also accused him of failing to enforce the Islamic Sharia code as Pakistan 's supreme law , one of the IDA 's election pledges . |
| 2 | The evidence summarized above will not be enough to convert adherents of other theories to the view that latent inhibition is a consequence of the subject 's failing to retrieve the relevant information about the CS . |
| 3 | He also warned the present pay structure was failing to provide the correct size and quality of workforce . |
| 4 | The writ named the Secretary of State for the Environment as the first party for failing to provide the necessary certificates , with the Coal Board conjoined as second party . |
| 5 | Despite these changes , some of which have proved to be environmentally degrading , there is still a food crisis because population growth is rapid ( 2–3 per cent per annum ) and farming systems are failing to provide the necessary increase in productivity of c. 4 per cent per annum ( Okigbo 1985 ) . |
| 6 | In the event of the contractor failing to provide the necessary proof of payment where he is able to do so , the employer has the right to pay the subcontractor direct and deduct the equivalent sums from other payments to the contractor . |
| 7 | It follows criticism that the authorities were failing to provide the same level of help for drug users which is available outside prison . |
| 8 | The 94,000 houses identified as failing to meet the nine-point BTS criteria compares with a higher estimate from the National Audit Office and an estimate of 101,557 by the Scottish Office . |
| 9 | Because yo di I said I had to send that agreement because you 're failing to meet the standard agreement , you 're not paying within the twenty eight days or the thirty days ! |
| 10 | More complex still is emotional power , for example , the kind of interaction which we describe as ‘ emotional blackmail ’ , in which one party is made to feel guilty at failing to meet the perceived needs of the elderly person . |
| 11 | It criticised the OECD countries for failing to meet the United Nations ' foreign aid target of 0.7 per cent of their GNPs . |
| 12 | When put to the members as a whole ( Extraordinary General Meeting , November 1984 ) , the proposal was lost , failing to secure the 2:1 majority . |
| 13 | ‘ NEARLY man ’ is an overused term in sport , a label that is often attached to anyone who has come remotely near to making an impact in their chosen vocation before failing to reach the exalted heights expected of them . |
| 14 | RAY HANDLEY was fired as coach of the New York Giants yesterday after failing to lead the two-time NFL Super Bowl champions to the play-offs for two successive seasons . |
| 15 | A path of accommodation with the Soviet authorities was widely assessed as having ensured his rise through the Church hierarchy from 1949 ; as Patriarch he was criticized for failing to challenge the repressive state regulations governing church affairs and to defend persecuted believers . |
| 16 | At the same time , he sees many urban social movements as defensive , insular and failing to challenge the deeper structures of society and state power . |
| 17 | So the basic assumption is that the developmental process is failure-driven : actions are continually failing to fulfil the assimilatory intention ( recall the term Functionlust that I used earlier ) and must therefore be modified . |
| 18 | Often the instructor or pilot knows the correct recovery and thinks that he is using it , but because of the unusual forces on the controls , he is failing to apply the full recovery action . |
| 19 | AFTER narrowly failing to win the European Cup Winners ' Cup last season , Havant take on an even harder task when they compete in the European Cup in Amsterdam this weekend . |
| 20 | These have produced a conflict between state and parents ' interests , whilst failing to advance the independent rights of children . |
| 21 | Trainer Paul Kelleway was fined £500 by the stewards after their inquiry into Wilde Rufo failing to draw the correct weight . |
| 22 | To upbraid Eden for failing to give the green light to the Home Office 's draft four-clause Commonwealth Immigrants Bill , is a bit harsh . |
| 23 | She moved there with French husband and , after failing to persuade the French authorities to accept her English teaching qualifications , she has pursued a career as a bilingual secretary , joining Courtaulds seven years ago . |
| 24 | Senior lecture Adrian Evans said it was ‘ tragic ’ that companies were failing to recognise the mutual benefits of taking on a student for a year . |
| 25 | ( By 1981 , sixteen States had passed Equal Rights Amendments to their own State Constitutions , only one of them in the South — Arkansas : interestingly , Illinois passed its own , while failing to ratify the Federal amendment . ) |
| 26 | Another consideration is that preserving such partial interpretations allows us to see where the recognition process went wrong , either in failing to pursue the correct interpretation , or in abandoning the correct one for some other interpretation . |
| 27 | Jerry Peel was pre-event favourite in this over-40s competition , but had to settle for third place behind Peter Black and Dave Barton after failing to read the last move . |
| 28 | The Villa boss , who has his own obsession to win the title after being sacked by United for failing to land the coveted prize , took his Villa players out for a post-Christmas celebration . |
| 29 | In the correspondence that followed , Cates and Peterson from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta criticised the article for failing to mention the potential role of sexually transmitted diseases as important causes of intermenstrual bleeding . |
| 30 | Managers are sometimes accused of not knowing ‘ what kibbutz life tastes like ’ while they in turn sometimes accuse the rank and file of insufficient effort and failing to appreciate the long-term goals of the kibbutz . |