Example sentences of "[vb base] fail [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far , they 've failed to make a serious dent in the all-important college music scene , essential if a so-called ‘ alternative ’ band wants to crack America ( and keep their US record deal ) . |
| 2 | For the umpteenth time they have arisen because Labour nominees have failed to attend a single meeting in the previous 12 months . |
| 3 | Because of these evils , we have failed to create a just society here . |
| 4 | In contrast , several controlled studies have failed to show a protective effect of somatostatin or octreotide in ERCP induced pancreatitis . |
| 5 | But arrests relating to football have failed to show a consistent decline and actually increased by more than twenty percent in the ninety one ninety two season . |
| 6 | They are treading unfamiliar ground in the relegation zone and have failed to keep a clean sheet this season . |
| 7 | Some , labelled ‘ specials ’ or ‘ chickenheads ’ , damaged by the radiation , have failed to pass a basic IQ test and are forbidden emigration , others remain because of their jobs . |
| 8 | But since we have failed to produce a clear notion of context , what we include in context is likely to be whatever we exclude from semantics in the way of meaning relations . |
| 9 | Eight Kent families have failed to get a High Court order forcing two health authorities to hold an independent review of complaints about consultant paediatrician Heather Richardson . |