Example sentences of "failed [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They convened that day , but failed to issue any resolution until late on Aug. 3 . |
| 2 | Sucralfate ( 100–200 mg/kg given orally ) protected gastric mucosa against the ethanol , aspirin , and stress induced acute gastric lesions but the addition of bFGF ( 100 µg/kg subcutaneously or intragastrically ) failed to affect sucralfate induced protection against ethanol or aspirin but increased that against stress . |
| 3 | When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit . |
| 4 | After keeping the first appointment she failed to attend two further treatment sessions , telephoning the therapist after the second to say she felt better . |
| 5 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 6 | But Kampuchea failed to acquire this status . |
| 7 | We suspect , however , that the reason for the low positivity in their experiment could be due to differences in sensitivity , and this study failed to include positive control tissue infected with tuberculosis to detect this . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I failed to arrange any stereotypical symbol of masculinity in the porch where all visitors would see it instantly : a pair of size ten wellingtons , a cricket fixture list , a rifle perhaps . |
| 10 | The much vaunted privatization of state companies , scheduled to begin in July , was repeatedly postponed due to legal and technical difficulties , and the promised cut of 360,000 civil service posts failed to materialize due to the constitutional safeguards protecting their employment . |
| 11 | It says Glaxo failed to spot this in its animal studies . |
| 12 | Involvement of endogenous opioids and their receptors in the regulation of colonic transit was proposed by Kreek but further investigation failed to confirm this . |
| 13 | The commission failed to support French demands for a 30 per cent higher minimum prices for imported fish . |
| 14 | The British driver , whose Formula One career ended in acrimony when he failed to agree new financial terms with Williams , could not resist a jibe at old rivals Senna and Frenchman Alain Prost , who has taken his place at Williams . |
| 15 | But the science-related ministries and agencies failed to classify such items as ‘ new social infrastructure ’ outside the present budgetary system . |
| 16 | Shopkeeper Ajay Patel , 24 , failed to see 26-year-old Lynn Jones an honours graduate working to finance biology studies in Africa until it was too late , said Derek Inman , prosecuting . |
| 17 | Others , also using lacrimal cells , failed to see such an InsP 3 -dependent entry unless they added InsP 4 ( ref. 83 ) . |
| 18 | Unfortunately for them , some of the Hurricane pilots failed to see this and stuck to their Fulmar , ignoring all signals to break away . |
| 19 | Sailing with about 50 men in mid-October , Ormonde had an uneventful passage from Normandy to Torbay , but failed to see any signs of a rising there and thereupon returned to St Malo . |
| 20 | Where he was intellectually confused was that he failed to see any close connection between the economic stance of his Government and its industrial problems . |
| 21 | One big reason was that firms failed to curb non-interest costs , notably pay . |
| 22 | AdStar , which employs just under 16,000 people , failed to perform last year , with turnover down 12% at $6,110m , and a net loss of $265m after restructuring charges . |
| 23 | The report concluded by stating that Orkney Islands Council failed to implement good working practice as required by the Scottish Office . |
| 24 | The National Assistance Act seemed to turn its back on this doctrines yet it failed to jettison the view entirely and it failed to provide financial resources sufficient to enable the Board to avoid having to distinguish between the claims made by applicants , particularly as regards their more unusual needs . |
| 25 | Another one bites the dust : Zeos International Ltd reports that a US district court dismissed a class action shareholder suit against it because the plaintiffs failed to provide specific facts that were material to the trial : the suit was filed last September , alleging that the company failed to disclose the formation of its new subsidiary , Occidental Corp , to manufacture and market lower cost computers under a new brand name , a development revealed by the Wall Street Journal . |
| 26 | AMERICAN investment attention yesterday turned to prospects for first quarter earnings figures after job figures failed to provide firmer indications about economic recovery . |
| 27 | In one case , the High Court turned down a complaint that an authority failed to provide unstressful transport for a child because regulations governing ‘ statementing ’ do not require an authority to specify that there should be non-stressful transport . |
| 28 | If the aeroplane broke up in the air or the engine fell apart then the designers could be at fault ; if navigation aids were not working properly a radio engineer could be responsible , or even the Director of Civil Aviation who failed to provide enough money for the maintenance of the aids . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |