Example sentences of "[conj] failure [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loss of adhesion is due to incorrect preparation of the surface , or failure to use the correct undercoat . |
| 2 | The official 's concerns are with the actual impact of specific policies upon the relationships with specific individuals , these may lead to a disregard of or failure to understand the wider policy issues that concern those ‘ higher up ’ in the agency . |
| 3 | Construction delays , cost over-runs , technological change , increased interest rates , market factors such as depressed product prices may all lead to cost over-runs or failure to achieve the projected return on the project . |
| 4 | The crash of a Fanjet Falcon ( Registration N888AR ) north of Acapulco , Mexico , on 7 Aug 76 has been attributed by Mexican authorities to " erroneous report of position and failure to follow the authorised Llegada Norte ( north arrival ) procedure " . |
| 5 | But by the end of the 1980s record balance-of-payments deficits , rising inflation , a weakened pound , and failure to impose the monetary disciplines on which the government had prided itself , suggested that most of the old problems were still present . |
| 6 | But failure to use the time-honoured formula was not the only difficulty ; defects of another kind could arise , where , for example , the testator had failed to make clear the content of his disposition . |
| 7 | But the price of legitimacy , security and stability may be to concede power to outside interests because failure to reflect the true balance of power within the community will result in concrete demands on the agency being enforced . |