Example sentences of "and failed [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee decided that the law required thorough overhauling because it was complex and failed to tackle several instances of dishonest dealing with property . |
| 2 | The Committee concentrated on the Scottish LFA and failed to take proper note of more severe problems elsewhere . |
| 3 | In the UK , as compared with the state planning and support of enterprises carried out in , say , Japan and France , these state policies were half-hearted and failed to generate high rates of industrial growth by international standards . |
| 4 | Initially , she rushed the lines and failed to realise those pauses that are so special in Russell 's comic dialogue . |
| 5 | Madrid was driven by its competition with the more advanced States of north-western Europe ( and shortly to be overwhelmed by the Napoleonic wars ) , and failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain 's loss of its North American colonies . |
| 6 | ‘ We had an extraordinary example of this recently when the Department of Transport was asked to nominate roads for the proposed Trans- European Highway Network , and failed to consult Welsh Office Ministers before proposing the A5 across Snowdonia . ’ |
| 7 | He can claim the return of the price he paid to Y. This claim is based upon a breach of contract by Y in that Y did not have the right to sell the goods and failed to confer any ownership upon his buyer , Z ( see paragraph 7–07 below ) . |
| 8 | You stole from the dead , and failed to deliver certain information to the King 's Justices or to the Sheriff . |
| 9 | Sir Peter Imbert , the Metropolitan Police Commissioner , said in an interview in the Police Review this month that the complaints procedures had become almost unworkable , and failed to command public confidence — and particularly of ethnic minorities . |
| 10 | The students and others were highly critical of the Dip.AD for a number of reasons , not all of them compatible : that it did not impart a sound technical training and failed to produce good design practitioners ; that it was becoming so academic in content that it was losing touch with the market-place ; that its status was popularly regarded as inferior to that of courses in other subjects which led to the award of degrees ; and that instead of a network of inter-related courses imparting a wide range of studies , it offered only a small number of ladder-like disciplines . |
| 11 | 23 of the charges allege that Mr Oliffe caused unnecessary suffering to farm animals , another 11 allege that he starved animals and failed to provide adequate facilities and accommodation . |
| 12 | 23 of the charges allege that Mr Oliffe caused unnecessary suffering to farm animals , another 11 allege that he starved animals and failed to provide adequate facilities and accommodation . |
| 13 | A Bedale businessman tried and failed to bring more freight traffic to the limestone line . |
| 14 | After scoring on his Villa debut against his former club , Wednesday , on the opening day of the season , he made only 13 more appearances because of injuries and failed to register another goal . |
| 15 | After scoring on his Villa debut against his former club , Wednesday , on the opening day of the season , he made only 13 more appearances because of injuries and failed to register another goal . |
| 16 | Three of these had discontinued treatment themselves after only a few days and failed to keep further appointments , one was found to have severe total colonic disease on colonoscopy , and one was found to have Crohn 's disease ; none of these five patients had side effects from treatment and were deemed unsuitable for analysis . |
| 17 | This so-called new standard machine found itself overtaken by new technology and failed to attract hoped-for export orders , only running to fifty examples . |
| 18 | So the transmitter made its debut in sporting terms — and failed to make much impact with the golfing fraternity . |
| 19 | Halley claims that Sonnabend are disorganised and failed to make suitable contact with collectors and museums interested in his work . |
| 20 | The Committee proposed to raise the maximum penalty for this offence to five years , but limited its recommendation to cases where D actively deceives V and failed to make any provision for cases where D takes advantage of a known mistake . |