Example sentences of "fail [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Labour party failed to mount a sufficiently large campaign against the non-intervention policy , there seems little doubt that the government would have continued along its agreed course . |
| 2 | It came after Benn failed to attend a press conference at London 's Bloomsbury Crest Hotel to publicise his WBC super-middlewight title defence against Nicky Piper at Alexandra Palace on Saturday . |
| 3 | Mrs Allsopp failed to attend a meeting last night of the Parish Council , of which she 's chairman . |
| 4 | When the large whisky-blending house of W. and G. Pattison collapsed fraudulently the following year he tried and failed to arrange a rescue package , but DCL did provide financial help to firms unwittingly caught up in the crash . |
| 5 | US Secretary of State James Baker and Israel 's ambassador to the USA Zalman Shoval met for a third round of talks in Washington on Feb. 21 but failed to arrange a compromise agreement on the terms of Israel 's request for loan guarantees worth US$10,000 million to be used for the absorption of new Jewish immigrants . |
| 6 | AN X-ray doctor failed to spot a three-inch piece of glass lodged in a patient 's chest . |
| 7 | The High Court heard allegations that each doctor in turn failed to spot a deformity of the left hip . |
| 8 | Though his batsmen dominated most of the final day , they failed to silence a grumbling chorus . |
| 9 | But AMV failed to agree a price with WPP 's Martin Sorrell . |
| 10 | Last year Labour MP Brian Sedgemore finally abandoned a libel action against The Times newspaper after a jury failed to agree a verdict . |
| 11 | Lennie Lawrence , Middlesbrough 's manager , confirmed his interest at the weekend , saying he was prepared to take the matter to a transfer tribunal if he failed to agree a fee with Keegan . |
| 12 | Two doctors who treated Shaunagh at Gordon Barracks ' Garrison Medical Centre at Hamelyn , failed to diagnose a punctured lung even though she was fighting for breath and in serious pain . |
| 13 | In doing so , he failed to see a pothole in the driveway , fell off and was injured . |
| 14 | So intent was she on making a good impression , she failed to see a crane coming towards her . |
| 15 | The inquiry found he twice failed to signal a false start . |
| 16 | The inquiry found he twice failed to signal a false start . |
| 17 | Senior Jockey Club stewards will today decide whether to summon 57-year-old part-timer Ken Evans before a disciplinary committee after the inquiry found he twice failed to signal a false start . |
| 18 | SKI resort bosses failed to alert a special medical team about the avalanche which killed seven people until 90 minutes afterwards , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 19 | SKI resort bosses failed to alert a special medical team about the avalanche which killed seven people until 90 minutes afterwards , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 20 | But here as elsewhere , though the emphasis on cost and utility was helpful in curbing bureaucratic empire-builders , it failed to provide a full definition of the public service which should be provided . |
| 21 | If the Church of England , which many preferred to call simply ‘ the Establishment ’ or , copying the Scots , ‘ the Episcopalian Church ’ violated its ‘ contract ’ and failed to provide a Protestant religion for England , then the Nonconformists , cooperating through the Council , would willingly take up the contract and deliver the appropriate religion . |
| 22 | But these extensive discussions failed to provide a common area of agreement , mainly because of divergent national interests and unfavourable economic developments such as inflation , recession , and the oil crisis . |
| 23 | The Soviet government failed to provide a warning of the accident to European governments and when information was offered it was incomplete . |
| 24 | It could however intervene if any of the following defects were present : if the agency relied on factors which Congress had not intended it to consider ; failed to consider an important aspect of the problem ; offered an explanation which ran counter to the evidence before the agency ; was so implausible that it could not be sustained ; or failed to provide a record which substantiated their findings . |
| 25 | It is alleged that Guinness Brewing Worldwide failed to provide a safe procedure for work near high voltage electrical equipment so that non-employees were put at risk . |
| 26 | The announcement led to informal discussion between the Board 's officers , District representatives and the National WEA but failed to establish a basis for co-operation of provision in either county . |
| 27 | A post mortem examination failed to establish a definite cause of death and the results of further forensic tests are awaited . |
| 28 | However , on the facts the plaintiff failed to establish a breach of such duty to take care and E. Lacon & Co. were held not to be liable to the plaintiff . |
| 29 | But the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the case after four post mortems failed to establish a cause of death . |
| 30 | Even then they failed to catch a glimpse of the plane , it had been immediately engulfed in a fifty-foot-high curtain of water and spray . |