Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] fail [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When pumping in carbon dioxide failed to have any effect on the blaze , a site emergency was called . |
| 2 | In elections in Geneva on Oct. 15 to the cantonal parliament , the extreme right-wing anti-foreigner Vigilance party lost 10 of the 19 seats which it had won in 1985 [ see p. 34253 ] , the Greens increased their share from eight to 13 and the Car Party failed to win any representation . |
| 3 | The national immunization campaign failed to achieve any commendable coverage because of the fragmentation of health services as a result of the Buntustan system . |
| 4 | The administrative model of case management fails to provide many incentives for the current generation of social workers . |
| 5 | But the conventional longwall work organisation fails to build these tacit skills into the work groups . |
| 6 | For example , rats given electroconvulsive shock ( ECS ) immediately after learning a simple avoidance response fail to show this response on a subsequent test , a result that has been interpreted as showing that the ECS destroys the original memory trace . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's still a large installed base of SCO out there ’ , explained ICL 's Peter Stuart , vice president of business development , mid-range systems , although the Open Desktop package failed to make any impact , he said . |
| 8 | Albion Market failed to do this . |
| 9 | The Faulks Committee failed to consider this unfair burden on the media , or to recommend the obvious reform that it should be borne by the plaintiff 's estate . |
| 10 | Even Saddam 's propaganda machine failed to bring that lie to life . |
| 11 | However , two recent placebo controlled studies using prolonged oesophageal pH monitoring failed to show any effect of theophylline or Β agonists on the severity of GOR parameters . |
| 12 | This opportunity was lost when the District Council failed to determine this application but granted detailed consent to Phases 1 and 2 . |
| 13 | Traditional media theory fails to provide any intellectual coherence , because it does not consider the changed circumstances within which the media function and it does not review the impact of a competitive , international , media system . |
| 14 | According to the Tass news agency , which was in contact with Noriega supporters , the US strike failed to arrest any of his leaders . |
| 15 | ( As with the Hand thesis 91 , an online search of the LISA database failed to find any evidence that Hughes has as yet published her extremely worthwhile research ) . |
| 16 | ( As with the Hand thesis , an online search of the LISA database failed to find any evidence that Hughes has as yet published her extremely worthwhile research ) . |
| 17 | Archaeological digs by a team from Newcastle University failed to find any remains of interest in the area to be developed , yesterday 's planning applications sub-committee was told . |
| 18 | The County Council failed to seize this opportunity . |
| 19 | The Northern Echo revealed last month that Darlington council failed to give any money to celebrate the anniversary of North Road railway station . |
| 20 | The Consultation Paper failed to provoke any public excitement for the idea of regional government beyond the Liberal Party and a few academic writers . |
| 21 | EVER since the new Booker shortlist failed to include some of this year 's most frenetically over-promoted stars ( thereby affording the rest of the authorial population a good smirk ) the media have been publicly soul-searching about hype . |
| 22 | One is that it applies to both molars and incisors ; secondly , a check of the pellet debris failed to reveal any additional isolated teeth ; and thirdly , the teeth that are present show an advanced state of degradation due to digestive corrosion ( see below ) . |