Example sentences of "fail [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet its supporters could not fail to realize the possibility of attracting a section of the Liberal Party , which was still represented in the official Party . |
| 2 | ( A fact that ca n't fail to affect the resale value of cars bought today that have no emission control . ) |
| 3 | He stared at her and she could n't fail to see the pain in his eyes . |
| 4 | In this way a pattern mask limits the time for which a target letter is represented in the system , and if the time limitation is severe enough to prevent the target 's code from reaching a lexical output system , then the subject will fail to report the target , even though the target was identified in the sense that its detector in the lexical input system was activated . |
| 5 | Should it reveal areas which would fail to meet the standard , then alternative sets of options for emission control can be considered . |
| 6 | The suspicion remained that he might be hoping that the PLO would fail to meet the challenge , and consequent disaffection in the West Bank would lead perhaps to his eventual reinstatement . |
| 7 | Even a decentralised arrangement , it says , would fail to provide the kind of accountable local government that would be possible only by the provision of smaller unitary authorities . |
| 8 | Not only would it be monotonous , it would also fail to provide the range of nutrients that the body requires for health . |
| 9 | B would fail to comply with this if , when asked for brake fluid , he knowingly passes A the oil , or when asked to tighten up the bolts on the steering column he merely pretends to do so Similarly , A would fail to observe the maxim of Quantity , the injunction to make one 's contribution in the right proportion , if " when B needs three bolts , he purposely passes him only one , or alternatively passes him 300 . |
| 10 | It ensured that no trigger-happy missile controller would fail to observe the safety precautions and attempt a little target practice . |
| 11 | Once such displays were interpreted in terms of evolution , the general public could hardly fail to accept the message of the new science . |
| 12 | Constance could not fail to detect the bitterness in the voice , belying the smile on the lips . |
| 13 | Oscar , I tried again , after engaging in a critique of American culture in speech after speech , will you fail to visit the spot where Walt Whitman had been known to read Homer after Shakespeare to the waves ? |
| 14 | Later they go outside , and the camera tracks in front of him he walks about the property , prodding a pig here and shearing sheep there , explaining how , left to themselves , people logically can not fail to humanize the universe . |
| 15 | He also suggested that , should he fail to win the Republican nomination , he would consider contesting the presidential election as an independent . |
| 16 | Joint authorship in an author 's first paper may be justifiable on grounds of inexperience , but the Science Citation Index ( SCI ) policy of indexing under the first author only will fail to identify the output of Ph D research if the researcher is not named first . |
| 17 | This would be so absurd a system , that it could hardly fail to persuade the country that the Lower House must be reformed . |
| 18 | For example , if the notion of human rights is a meaningful one ( itself in hot dispute ) , and if it extends to all humans , including the severely and terminally brain-damaged , then how could we logically fail to extend the notion to at least some animals ? |
| 19 | If the acoustic waveform is incorrectly analyzed at certain points , the lexical access component may fail to derive the target word string from the imperfect string of recognition units . |
| 20 | Should the ego fail to satisfy the id it becomes prey to neurotic anxiety arising out of the strength of its instinctual drives ; if it fails the superego it is subject to moral anxiety ; and if it can not meet the demands of the outside world it is likely to experience realistic anxiety . |
| 21 | And should all efforts fail to entice the public , it 's Neneh who 'll need to ‘ go on a long holiday and bury my head in the sand ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ It is almost inconceivable that having so rightly stressed the tourist potential of Caernarfon that the Trust should then fail to seize the opportunity to capitalise on that potential . |
| 23 | So they would n't fail to keep the law in one bit . |
| 24 | But this too might fail to expose the error , for the stranger might simply guess the right answers , or his answers might be so close to those expected of him that even the most scrupulous interrogator would be deceived . |
| 25 | For example , while the newcomers may fail to understand the skill and local status of the farm worker , they do not wish to treat him as a social outcast — this would run counter to the notion of community with which many newcomers strongly identify . |
| 26 | We will fail to understand the significance of terrestrial zodiacs If we merely pick up on the generally insignificant evidence for their physical reality . |
| 27 | As with observation , researchers immersed in a context reflect the concerns of the context , while those looking ‘ from the outside in ’ may fail to understand the importance of particular events . |
| 28 | But should the UK fail to deflect the Commission and the Directive goes ahead , then its impact could be considerable . |
| 29 | Preconceptions about and attitudes towards counsellors/social workers can , however , limit the use of this counselling , and adoptees may also receive little support from immediate family , such as a spouse who may fail to appreciate the need to ‘ know ’ about an individual 's background . |
| 30 | Despite fourteen years of trying to smash us into submission , they 'll fail to break the spirit of the working people of Britain . |