Example sentences of "fail to establish [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford .
2 But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford .
3 In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) .
4 The third fact is that Paddy Ashdown 's Liberal Democrats have failed to establish themselves as a national political force .
5 Yet it is a testimony to the strength of party during this period that the Court , despite the resources of patronage at its disposal , largely failed to establish itself as an independent interest .
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