Example sentences of "'s failure [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government heads driving to the Nicocea opening found the fifty mile route lined with women , hands linked in protest at the world 's and especially Britain 's failure to reverse the nineteen seventy four invasion which has left thirty seven percent of the island in Turkish hands . |
| 2 | The judge 's failure to apply the correct test in this respect was compounded by the fact that he was deprived of the material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion because of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the foster mother 's application for leave under rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 . |
| 3 | Seve Ballesteros 's failure to make the halfway cut at Westchester afforded him , and Jose Maria Olazabal , an early look at the course . |
| 4 | Japan 's receipt of compensation and China 's failure to condemn the Japanese action signified in Western international law an acknowledgement that the Ryúkyúans were Japanese citizens . |
| 5 | On Dec. 7 Hu Jintao replaced Wu Jinghua as regional secretary of the Chinese Communist Party , apparently because of the latter 's failure to dampen the persistent Tibetan nationalist unrest . |
| 6 | And in Britain , the Labour Party 's failure to win the General Election meant the money men could enjoy the spoils without the threat of a big tax bill . |
| 7 | Although the accord meant that essential medical and fuel supplies began reaching the island in mid-February , the agreement 's failure to address the central issue of Bougainville 's future status meant that it could not provide a final solution to the conflict . |
| 8 | But there has been one major repercussion from Monica 's failures to toe the official line . |