Example sentences of "failed [to-vb] sufficient [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The five other parties contesting the election failed to secure sufficient support to gain representation . |
| 2 | Mr Field lost the nomination to a local Transport and General Workers ' union official , Mr Paul Davies , because he failed to secure sufficient votes in the trade union section . |
| 3 | Compromise proposals to leave the government ministries in Bonn but move the Bundestag to Berlin failed to find sufficient support . |
| 4 | This ambitious programme was completed by 1797 , but with certain qualifications : the maps of Stirlingshire and of Perthshire were never embarked upon , for Ainslie failed to find sufficient subscribers . |
| 5 | On June 27 the liberal opposition failed to win sufficient support to set up a parliamentary inquiry . |
| 6 | In two further rounds of voting on July 30 three candidates again failed to win sufficient support for election : Marie Kristova ( for the Liberal Social Union ) , Zdenek Pinta ( for the Republicans ) and Zdenek Prochazka ( for dissident Republicans ) . |
| 7 | In two further rounds of voting on July 30 three candidates again failed to win sufficient support for election : Marie Kristova ( for the Liberal Social Union ) , Zdenek Pinta ( for the Republicans ) and Zdenek Prochazka ( for dissident Republicans ) . |
| 8 | On June 11 the Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting the desecration of the flag ; a proposed constitutional amendment — supported by Bush — to prohibit such activities failed to generate sufficient support in Congress , although it obtained a simple majority in each chamber [ see pp. 37241 ; 37525 ] . |
| 9 | They failed to invest and invest efficiently on a large enough scale ; they failed to develop sufficient numbers of new products and they failed to raise productivity rapidly enough . |
| 10 | The problem arose when the Argentinian investors led by Austral , the country 's largest private carrier , failed to raise sufficient financing within the three-month limit fixed by the government . |
| 11 | One of the key main objections to the Accord was that it failed to offer sufficient protection to Quebec 's English-speaking minority . |
| 12 | The nearest they came to securing the cushion of a two-goal lead came when Rush lobbed the ball into the path of Davenport , who failed to get sufficient power into a shot to beat Walton , who was still deputising for the injured Gunn . |
| 13 | The RCN says Mrs Bottomley failed to take sufficient notice of the wishes of nursing staff to give their evidence in public . |
| 14 | The view of the House of Lords in Davies v Sumner [ 1984 ] 1 WLR 1301 failed to take sufficient account of the variety of situations in which the phrase " dealing in the course of a business " appear . |