Example sentences of "fails [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus where the buyer commits an anticipatory repudiation which the seller fails to accept as terminating the contract , the seller will be liable if he himself subsequently fails to perform the contract . |
| 2 | You 've no doubt yawned frequently to the sound in print of me extolling osteopathy , Alexander Technique , Royal Jelly , Republican Jelly , Bach flower remedies , Bach-again flower remedies , Reflexology and any other ‘ ology ’ that fails to carry the approval of your average GP . |
| 3 | For instance , a child may become so fascinated by watching a car backing up the drive that she fails to realize the danger of being in its way . |
| 4 | It is resting upon the fact that he completely fails to see the originality in the correlation between basis and superstructure under the reign of the proletarian dictatorship . |
| 5 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 6 | It fails to see the complex ( and often hidden ) relational aspects of power which effectively make a nonsense of simple statements about who has power . |
| 7 | ‘ If we do not send legislation down to the dioceses , it is almost analogous to a judge who fails to include a point of law in a summing up to the jury . ’ |
| 8 | Unlike serious pollsters , the brewer 's flaccid organ fails to report the size of the sample of Scousers interviewed but it is believed to be adjacent to the number of fans at a Tranmere Rovers away match . |
| 9 | Mr Foster says the consultation document fails to acknowledge the tradition of free access to mountain and hill country . |
| 10 | By conceptualising the child 's needs in a way that fails to acknowledge the significance of this wider context the Act reinforces and legitimises the disempowerment of parents . |
| 11 | Any simple notion of signification as reflection trends towards a subject-object dualism which fails to acknowledge the process underlying their mutual construction . |
| 12 | The typical curriculum for deaf children and young people places so much emphasis on language and communication that it fails to acknowledge the importance of the accessibility and quality of the surrounding language environment or the depletion of general education that withdrawal into units for specialised tutoring in language and communication causes . |
| 13 | T2 follows this trend but somehow fails to hit the mark due to poorly designed sequences that , while attractive , are tedious and unexciting . |
| 14 | Again , it fails to hit the target every time . |
| 15 | How can words stir anyone to action or even reflection if the accompanying music fails to quicken the pulse ? |
| 16 | If a confirmed booking is cancelled within 3 weeks of the course starting date or if the nominee fails to attend the course , the total fee becomes forfeit . |
| 17 | Another American film of that year , A Workingman 's Dream , has a very weary hero who fails to find a job at a factory ; he falls asleep and dreams of a Professor Wonderful who offers him instant wealth and a new set of clothes , but he is told that these new gains will disappear if he breaks certain simple instructions ; on three occasions he accidentally carries out simple actions which break the instructions and his wealth disappears ; he wakes up to see an ambulance taking a worker from the factory — there is a vacancy and this time his application is successful . |
| 18 | There is a theory that democracy increases the temptation to terrorism , since the cause which fails to secure the legitimacy of ballot box consent has few other outlets available to it . |
| 19 | … ( 6 ) A person who , without reasonable excuse , fails to provide a specimen when required to do so in pursuance of this section is guilty of an offence . |
| 20 | If it fails to provide a justification for its actions , proceedings will open in the European Court . |
| 21 | If negotiation fails to provide an agreement acceptable to both sides then a dispute is referred to pendulum arbitration . |
| 22 | I have used pragmatic principles derived from Grice ( 1975 ) already , but the maxims of quality and quantity are of immediate concern to us here because , in scene eleven , Anderson fails to provide the chairman with an adequate explanation for why he has chosen to give a new paper . |
| 23 | Not only is there a failure to work together at local level , but central government also fails to provide the framework of legislation and subsidy that would enable housing and social services departments to address jointly the aspirations of disabled people . |
| 24 | On the other hand a profile that fails to provide the user with required material is equally useless , however brief it may be . |
| 25 | If the driver claims this right and then fails to provide the specimen duly required under section 7(4) , the sanction for that failure will be the use in evidence against him of the breath specimen which , ex hypothesi , proves an excess of alcohol above the statutory limit and accordingly in such case there will be no need , though it may be theoretically possible , to prosecute for a failure to provide a specimen without reasonable excuse under section 7(6) . |
| 26 | It fails to provide the infrastructure for mothers ' independence — shelter , childcare and jobs . |
| 27 | Er and thirdly I think I 've covered that already , it 's it perhaps fails to provide the certainty which we the development plan system is supposed now to . |
| 28 | One of the more controversial obligations relating to margin is the requirement that a firm must close out a customer 's open position where he fails to meet a margin call after a period of five business days . |
| 29 | The southern California air basin is the only area in the country that still fails to meet the nitrogen dioxide standard . |
| 30 | Britain can not be thrown out of the EC , but if it fails to pass the bill it would be left behind as the others speed towards greater political and economic unity . |