Example sentences of "he [verb] failed [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , it seems that he has failed to grasp the relationship between the district council and the board . |
| 2 | Spelt out slightly more fully ( and at the risk of oversimplification ) , this means that a decision is open to review where it has been arrived at as a result of a mistaken view of the law , or where the decision is one that could not reasonably have been arrived at , in the sense that the person deciding must have taken into account irrelevant considerations , or failed to take into account relevant ones , or where he has failed to observe the dictates of natural justice which require him to give the parties a hearing before arriving at his decision . |
| 3 | According to article 3 of the Swiss civil code , ‘ no person can plead bona fides in any case where he has failed to exercise the degree of care required by the circumstances ’ . |
| 4 | Although Mr Kinnock has modernised Labour and ditched many of its vote-losing socialist policies , he has failed to convince the country to put its trust in him despite the country suffering the longest recession since the Second World War . |
| 5 | He gave every impression of being a man besotted with her — he felt he had failed to grasp the one chance of happiness facing him . ’ |
| 6 | He had failed to notice the approach of the goods train , which was being pushed backwards , and was hit by the leading wagon after stepping onto the track . |
| 7 | He had failed to control the growth in demand by the Clow experiment . |
| 8 | One deaf electrician from Gillingham , Kent , a Thomas Pearce , was shot dead by a sentry in Southport , Lancashire , to which place he had been sent to do a job : he had failed to see the sentry in the dark and the sentry shot him after challenging him three times . |
| 9 | Mosley , arguing that Spengler 's understanding of caesarism was profound but that he had failed to see the potential in modern science to rejuvenate society , saw fascism as a ‘ mutiny against destiny ’ . |
| 10 | On December 27 during a Soviet-backed coup Kabul , President Hafizzollah Amin was ousted and killed Regarded by Moscow as an incompetent he had failed to prevent the killing of Soviet " military advisers " in January and had proved incapable of controlling the Muslim rebels who opposed his government Amin was in danger of being over-thrown by a militant Muslim regime . |
| 11 | For the first time in his career he had failed to produce the goods and that hurt his pride . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , however , the head of the Ministry , Jusuf Karakushi , resigned on March 26 after accusations that he had failed to protect the Albanians properly . |
| 13 | He had failed to overturn the £1.5m damages awarded against him and a co-defendant for allegations about the Role of Lord Aldington . |
| 14 | Hurtled The plan was for his main chute to open at 3,000ft but it did not open and he hurtled to conclusion of the association 's investigation was that he had failed to locate the ripcord handle . |
| 15 | He had failed to keep the appointment . |
| 16 | He had failed to win the emperor 's attention , and his chronic money problems were weighing heavily upon him . |
| 17 | Ryutaro Hashimoto , the Finance Minister , on Oct. 3 announced his resignation , effective Oct. 18 , as accusations mounted that he had failed to stem the tide of financial scandals which had been sweeping the country since the start of the year . |
| 18 | By April of 1824 he had failed to abate the nuisance , and it was decided to present him with a formal notice to desist . |