Example sentences of "[conj] failed [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Reckless driving , contrary to section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 , is committed where D 's driving creates an obvious and serious risk of causing physical injury to some other person or of doing substantial damage to property , and where D either saw the risk or failed to give any thought to the risk . |
2 | The justices either failed to make any determination in accordance with section 25(3) or failed to make any findings ( or state any reasons for finding ) as to whether ( i ) he was likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ( part of the criteria under section 25(1) ( a ) ( i ) of the Act ; ( ii ) if he absconded , he would be likely to suffer significant harm ; ( b ) alternatively , any such findings as were made were not supported by the evidence before the justices . |
3 | The justices either failed to make any determination or failed to make any findings ( or state any reasons for finding ) as to whether ( i ) there was any genuine alternative to the making of a secure accommodation order ; ( ii ) all other alternatives had been comprehensively considered and rejected . |
4 | ‘ The justices however failed to make any determination , or failed to make any finding or state any reasons for finding as to whether ( i ) there was any genuine alternative to the making of a secure accommodation order ; ( ii ) all other alternatives had been comprehensively considered and rejected . |
5 | Our criticism of the Bill rests on some of the ways in which the Government have approached the project , or failed to provide adequate safeguards . |
6 | The modern tendency is that the minister is not required to shelter a civil servant who has acted improperly , particularly if he has disobeyed instructions or failed to follow established procedures . |
7 | In giving evidence , Michael Bichard , Chief Executive of the SSAB , listed the 14 offices ( out of around 470 ) that failed to reach tolerable standards . |
8 | Her mouth was opening and closing , spewing words at him that failed to make any contact in his mind . |
9 | The Committee decided that the law required thorough overhauling because it was complex and failed to tackle several instances of dishonest dealing with property . |
10 | The Committee concentrated on the Scottish LFA and failed to take proper note of more severe problems elsewhere . |
11 | In the UK , as compared with the state planning and support of enterprises carried out in , say , Japan and France , these state policies were half-hearted and failed to generate high rates of industrial growth by international standards . |
12 | Initially , she rushed the lines and failed to realise those pauses that are so special in Russell 's comic dialogue . |
13 | Madrid was driven by its competition with the more advanced States of north-western Europe ( and shortly to be overwhelmed by the Napoleonic wars ) , and failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain 's loss of its North American colonies . |
14 | ‘ We had an extraordinary example of this recently when the Department of Transport was asked to nominate roads for the proposed Trans- European Highway Network , and failed to consult Welsh Office Ministers before proposing the A5 across Snowdonia . ’ |
15 | He can claim the return of the price he paid to Y. This claim is based upon a breach of contract by Y in that Y did not have the right to sell the goods and failed to confer any ownership upon his buyer , Z ( see paragraph 7–07 below ) . |
16 | You stole from the dead , and failed to deliver certain information to the King 's Justices or to the Sheriff . |
17 | Sir Peter Imbert , the Metropolitan Police Commissioner , said in an interview in the Police Review this month that the complaints procedures had become almost unworkable , and failed to command public confidence — and particularly of ethnic minorities . |
18 | The students and others were highly critical of the Dip.AD for a number of reasons , not all of them compatible : that it did not impart a sound technical training and failed to produce good design practitioners ; that it was becoming so academic in content that it was losing touch with the market-place ; that its status was popularly regarded as inferior to that of courses in other subjects which led to the award of degrees ; and that instead of a network of inter-related courses imparting a wide range of studies , it offered only a small number of ladder-like disciplines . |
19 | 23 of the charges allege that Mr Oliffe caused unnecessary suffering to farm animals , another 11 allege that he starved animals and failed to provide adequate facilities and accommodation . |
20 | 23 of the charges allege that Mr Oliffe caused unnecessary suffering to farm animals , another 11 allege that he starved animals and failed to provide adequate facilities and accommodation . |
21 | A Bedale businessman tried and failed to bring more freight traffic to the limestone line . |
22 | After scoring on his Villa debut against his former club , Wednesday , on the opening day of the season , he made only 13 more appearances because of injuries and failed to register another goal . |
23 | After scoring on his Villa debut against his former club , Wednesday , on the opening day of the season , he made only 13 more appearances because of injuries and failed to register another goal . |
24 | Three of these had discontinued treatment themselves after only a few days and failed to keep further appointments , one was found to have severe total colonic disease on colonoscopy , and one was found to have Crohn 's disease ; none of these five patients had side effects from treatment and were deemed unsuitable for analysis . |
25 | This so-called new standard machine found itself overtaken by new technology and failed to attract hoped-for export orders , only running to fifty examples . |
26 | So the transmitter made its debut in sporting terms — and failed to make much impact with the golfing fraternity . |
27 | Halley claims that Sonnabend are disorganised and failed to make suitable contact with collectors and museums interested in his work . |
28 | The Committee proposed to raise the maximum penalty for this offence to five years , but limited its recommendation to cases where D actively deceives V and failed to make any provision for cases where D takes advantage of a known mistake . |
29 | Stewart shared a third-wicket partnership of 179 with Robin Smith , one of four men who passed 90 in this match but failed to reach four figures |
30 | A " wolf summit " was held in January to debate the plan , but failed to reach any agreement [ see ED 68 ] . |