Example sentences of "'s failure [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ That this House regrets the Government 's failure to deal with the imminent threat of wholesale breaches of the law on Sunday trading ; expresses concern that Ministers appear to be running away from their responsibility to uphold the law as soon as one or more large commercial organisations express their intention to ignore the law ; greatly regrets the way that this situation puts pressure on responsible and law-abiding retailers to open on Sundays simply to protect their market share ; further regrets the damage that is likely to be done to small shops and family businesses as a consequence ; considers that sensible progress to modernising the law should be made on the basis of the REST proposals put forward by Keep Sunday Special ; and calls on the Government actively to pursue the regulation of Sunday trading in a way which deals fairly with employees , their families and with community and commercial interests . ] |
| 2 | In a speech in Gloucester tonight he 's expected to launch a bitter attack on the Government 's failure to deal with the current wave of crime . |
| 3 | The cause of Union Discount 's failure to recover on the bills was Esal 's and Berg 's failures . |
| 4 | Will the Leader of the House arrange for a statement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on yesterday 's meeting of the Anglo-Irish intergovernmental conference , especially in the light of the Prime Minister 's failure to respond to the second part of the question that was asked by the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) ? |
| 5 | The matter was not helped by the company 's failure to decide on the dividend payout until the last minute . |
| 6 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 7 | Is not the ultimate in short-termism the Government 's failure to listen to the widespread demand from industry for a long-term industrial policy for Britain ? |
| 8 | The argument is that Senna 's crime as he rushed past the scene of an accident was infinitely more dangerous than Mansell 's failure to stop on the command of a black flag . |
| 9 | During the debates there was criticism from Egypt of the movement 's failure to intervene in the crisis in Yugoslavia ( which was an influential founder member and current chair of the NAM ) . |
| 10 | The designer is provided , therefore , with an early indication of the mechanism 's failure to meet with the specified operating conditions . |
| 11 | On the company 's failure to comply with the notices , informations were laid and summonses issued alleging breaches of s.107 of the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 12 | Given the appellant 's failure to comply with the requirements of the hostel regime , the court was entitled to leave that alternative out of account and assess the dangerousness of the appellant on the basis of his offences and reluctance to participate in treatment . |
| 13 | It will no doubt investigate what was the substantial cause of the employee 's failure to comply with the statutory time limit ; whether he had been physically prevented from complying with the limitation period , for instance by illness or a postal strike , or something similar . |
| 14 | Would the retailer 's failure to warn of the dangers amount to reasonable examination ? |
| 15 | Not only could Ukraine 's failure to accede to the NPT encourage other nascent nuclear powers , but Russian leaders have said that , until the Ukrainian parliament ratifies START 1 , they will not ratify the January 1993 START 2 treaty , which provides for a further large reduction in the American and Russian nuclear arsenals . |
| 16 | Did Manchester United 's relegation to Division Two , England 's failure to qualify for the Argentina Soccer World Cup , Australia 's mid-70s cricket XI , see the demise of their sport ? |
| 17 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
| 18 | Coach quits AMERICAN Kevin Cadle has resigned as England men 's basketball coach following the team 's failure to qualify for the 1993 European Championship finals . |
| 19 | England 's failure to qualify for the 1974 World Cup finals saw Moore 's departure from the national scene . |