Example sentences of "fail [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such explanations fail to acknowledge the possibility that schools may a responsible for creating and sustaining disruptiveness . |
| 2 | There is now little purchase in trying to run the ball for the simple reason that the penalty if you fail to sustain the movement is too great . |
| 3 | This is because he rejects social class differences and class-based theories such as anomie as explanations of crime — partly because of their ‘ strain ’ assumption , and partly because his data ( which use sources other than ‘ official ’ ones ) fail to support the existence of a class differential . |
| 4 | Thus if I break a promise for my own convenience , I fail to treat the person to whom I made it as an end in himself , for I can hardly expect him to endorse a principle of action which allows him to be treated thus . |
| 5 | The Cabinet approved the plan unanimously and placed it before the Knesset where it was attacked by Labour , who claimed that it would increase the financial burden for the middle and lower classes , boost inflation and fail to promote the absorbtion of immigrants . |
| 6 | In this case you have no time to check which rod you are striking with and it could lose you fish if you strike too hard with the stiffer rod and break off , or too gently with the softer rod and fail to sink the hook . |
| 7 | If this is what is offered as the advantage of a hung council , I fail to see the benefit . |
| 8 | ‘ I fail to see the relevance of this , but yes , I should say that Glastonbury and I became friends . |
| 9 | The former anticipate later developments , the latter fail to see the light . |
| 10 | Then we fail to see the beauty in a leaf or in the clouds . |
| 11 | Gourlay 's bowls fail to pass the test |
| 12 | When compared to their peers who fail to pass the entrance examinations , they have the prospect of a better life : four or more years at university ( rather than waiting to be assigned to low-skilled , often low-paid work ) and the likelihood on graduation of a secure post in the state bureaucracy . |
| 13 | It is very rare for young people recruited on that basis to be sacked if they subsequently fail to pass the exam or gain a certain grade . |
| 14 | The assessments continue after membership has been approved , and it companies fail to meet the association 's high standards , their membership will be withdrawn . |
| 15 | If you fail to pull the rig across in this manner you will be making it very difficult for yourself |
| 16 | They fail to observe the right of the dead to be left in peace . |
| 17 | Pham told delegates that there had been a rapid increase in export turnover during the first half of 1990 , but that the production of export goods was threatened by the major socio-economic changes in Eastern Europe , which had forced some countries to cancel contracts , and that " the dilatory payment and overdue debts to the export goods manufacturers fail to encourage the production of export goods " . |
| 18 | If you fail to provide a specimen you may be liable to prosecution . |
| 19 | Other writers have complained , particularly in discrimination cases , that conciliation officers are too willing to encourage settlement at any price and fail to provide the support an unrepresented applicant may need against the relatively advantaged position of the employer ( Gregory , 1987 ) . |
| 20 | If the plaintiffs fail to establish a breach of contract through the front door of s13(1) , they can not succeed through the back door of s14. ( p753 ) This explains the approach in Bartlett v Sidney Marcus [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 1013 which was a pre-1973 definition case . |
| 21 | As well as those who have deliberately given up all idea of marriage for the sake of their Christian calling , there are others who fail to find a marriage partner and accept that situation as part of God 's plan for their life . |
| 22 | Competitions for practical designs usually imply that prizewinning entries will find their way into the market , but in reality they often fail to find a manufacturer . |
| 23 | The militant union representatives are those who fail to accept the profit motive , failing to equate profit with Job security and prosperity . |
| 24 | ‘ If we fail to secure the funding for this year 's Festival , we will have to lose elements of the programme , ’ she said . |
| 25 | These changing patterns of allegiance can be analysed within the broad concept of ‘ parallelism ’ : a concept which explores the extent to which newspapers reflect or fail to reflect the breadth of the party political discourse . |
| 26 | Government compounds all these problems when it sets down working parameters which fail to reflect the value the country gets from a system that is run efficiently , can shift people to destinations with exemplary speed and safety — as Europe consistently demonstrates . |
| 27 | Following surgery to the heart or lungs , or any operation requiring a long period under anaesthesia , some patients fail to regain the ability to breathe independently and require mechanical assistance . |
| 28 | If they fail to answer a question correctly , they remain on the square they have reached but play passes to the next player . |
| 29 | Many exam candidates lose marks simply because they do n't bother to read the question carefully enough and therefore fail to answer the question that 's posed . |
| 30 | This is for two reasons : first , these strategies largely ignore the political conditions of their implementation , and second , they fail to answer the question of whether such a ‘ regeneration ’ is possible and whether , if possible , it can take place under conditions which will be of benefit to socialist politics . |