Example sentences of "[noun prp] failed [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holland gained few glimpses of goal after that , although Taffarel failed to hold a hard low centre from Berghuis eight minutes before half-time and was fortunate that no Dutchman was around to pounce on the loose ball . |
| 2 | The last hope of a mediated solution fell when the Organisation of American States failed to reach a constitutional solution before the formal expiry of the presidential term in September . |
| 3 | It is virtually never seen in celibate women and one very large survey in the United States failed to detect a single case among 30000 nuns . |
| 4 | For many years , courts in the United States failed to understand the Latin American approach ; the failure was so fundamental that a plaintiff in a Latin American republic had no means of serving process on a defendant in the United States . |
| 5 | The PLO failed to secure a UN-supervised peace conference to which it would send a delegation to represent " the Palestinian people " [ see pp. 38167 ] . |
| 6 | EVEN Mick Jagger failed to reach the physical heights achieved by London Contemporary Dance Theatre 's Tom Ward . |
| 7 | Daio 's administration , he said , would remain in place until a new executive was appointed , but he indicated that if the PCD failed to elect a new leader promptly he would dissolve the National Assembly and call legislative elections . |
| 8 | But Faussett failed to appreciate the true significance of his discoveries ; in his journal , kept for the years 1757 to 1773 and later published as Inventorium Sepulchrale under the editorship of Charles Roach Smith in 1856 , the remains were attributed to the period of Roman occupation , while Smith preferred a purely British origin . |
| 9 | But they made no mistake on the stroke of half time when Stevenson pounced on an Elliott pass to crack the ball through a ruck of bodies after Wrexham failed to clear a free kick . |
| 10 | While no operational difficulties were reported during SeaDocs ' experiment , and while the fees per registration fluctuated between only $300 and $500 , SeaDocs failed to attract a sufficient number of traders and financial institutions to survive . |
| 11 | Because De Havilland failed to do an adequate user analysis , two American companies , Boeing and Douglas , took over the commercial jet aircraft industry . |
| 12 | Following Fidel Castro 's seizure of power , Kennedy failed to keep a gung-ho CIA in check , which proceeded with its ill-conceived invasion plans of Cuba . |
| 13 | Despite Savimbi 's Nov. 17 commitment , UNITA failed to attend the multiparty talks on Nov. 21 , describing the meeting as a " circus " and citing fears for the security of its officials as the reason for its absence . |
| 14 | Yet the fact that no Carolingian contender was a casualty meant that Fontenoy failed to resolve the central problem of the imperial succession . |
| 15 | Auguste failed to see the hidden tensions and passions behind these simple manoeuvres ; to him it only signified that the banquet had acquired a reality . |
| 16 | The new strike partnership of Saunders and substitute Dwight Yorke failed to make an immediate impression as Ipswich pressed hard . |
| 17 | Sarella failed to stifle a sudden smile . |
| 18 | Editor , — Ruut A De Melker failed to mention the important contribution of allergy to secretory otitis media ( glue ear ) . |
| 19 | However , plans to send members of the Japanese armed forces to the Gulf in a non-combat role had collapsed in November after Kaifu failed to secure the necessary bipartisan support for the measure 's approval in the House of Councillors — the upper chamber of the Diet — where the LDP lacked an overall majority . |
| 20 | Creating an image , in this sense , is an external systematizing activity ; which is not to say that Zuwaya failed to recognize the finished product or failed to enjoy it . |
| 21 | — A Brighton politician on why a college course on Margaret Thatcher failed to attract a single student . |
| 22 | By contrast , while de Gaulle failed to bring the other five completely to heel , he did succeed in achieving some of his objectives : the supranational element within the Community was reduced , and a more widespread use of majority voting was prevented . |
| 23 | However , both Sweezy and Rosdolsky failed to notice a clear statement to the contrary of what they asserted , made by Bukharin himself . |
| 24 | His paintings are also found in museums in Australia and New Zealand , though one show in New York failed to sell a single item because , at the time , his work was considered too English . |
| 25 | The 148 New Democracy deputies accordingly abstained from voting and , with only 151 members voting in his favour ( 128 Pasok , 21 Left Coalition and two others ) Sartzetakis failed to win the required two-thirds of the vote . |
| 26 | Although Dibich failed to enter the Polish capital and the tsar became increasingly dissatisfied with him , three months after Grochów Russian troops established a decisive superiority at the battle of Ostroleka on the River Narew . |
| 27 | The Cowboys lost for the second time this season , going down 27–23 to the Los Angeles Rams when Aikman failed to produce a last-minute miracle . |
| 28 | SHEFFIELD 'S Fidel Castro Smith failed to take the vacant European super-middleweight boxing title when he was outpointed by Italy 's Vincenzo Nardiello in Rome last night . |
| 29 | One in 38 companies actively trading in England and Wales failed to survive the past three months . |
| 30 | It was only after the SPÖ failed to win an absolute majority in the general election of 1983 that he stood down . |