Example sentences of "but fail [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stewart shared a third-wicket partnership of 179 with Robin Smith , one of four men who passed 90 in this match but failed to reach four figures |
| 2 | A " wolf summit " was held in January to debate the plan , but failed to reach any agreement [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 3 | Sailing with about 50 men in mid-October , Ormonde had an uneventful passage from Normandy to Torbay , but failed to see any signs of a rising there and thereupon returned to St Malo . |
| 4 | They convened that day , but failed to issue any resolution until late on Aug. 3 . |
| 5 | In both Tests , two or three Englishmen looked well set , but failed to convert good innings into substantial ones , unlike India who won the first Test through Azharuddin 's great innings of 182 and laid the foundation for the Madras victory with Tendulkar 's 165 and Sidhu 's 106 . |
| 6 | A report by the National Human Rights Commission blamed the army for the deaths but failed to investigate possible complicity between the army and the drug smugglers . |
| 7 | Lodwick 's unpublished manuscripts , including an innovatory Dutch shorthand , are listed in his Works ( 1972 ) , all of which display originality and intelligence , but failed to find practical implementation by his successors . |
| 8 | ‘ We drilled two wells whilst I was in Brazil but failed to find commercial hydrocarbons and the office was closed when the work programme was completed , ’ he explained . |
| 9 | Alternatively a pupil might know that the height of most adults is between five and six feet but fail to apply this knowledge to estimates of other lengths or heights . |
| 10 | Field describes the increase in the number of junior doctors as temporary but fails to offer any mechanism to phase out these posts in the absence of appreciable expansion in the number of consultants . |
| 11 | Gas mask used for Dalek impression by Badlands boy Adam Hillier ( left ) ; the SAS ' Chris Hines copies , but fails to disguise uncanny resemblances to Leo Sayer |
| 12 | If they give advice , which is acted on but fails to achieve desired results , staff men can blame the line managers for not carrying out their plan properly . |
| 13 | It affirms the " spiritual " dimension but fails to make clear links with the great religious traditions except with regard possibly to Buddhism and certain aspects of Hinduism . |