Example sentences of "[vb base] failed [verb] 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 | Administration of sodium bicarbonate while reducing faecal fat excretion was not associated with a reduction in faecal bile acid losses and in vitro studies have failed to show an inhibitory effect of unhydrolysed triglycerides on ileal bile acid absorption . |
7 | In general this rule should only be used as a last resort in legal proceedings over a contract where the parties have failed to make an express provision as to the status of implied terms . |
8 | They are treading unfamiliar ground in the relegation zone and have failed to keep a clean sheet this season . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |