Example sentences of "has fail [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the US government admits that its trade embargo against Haiti 's military regime has failed to reintroduce democratic reforms , communication groups in the country are gaining both local and international respect for their efforts to support Haiti 's democratic movement by providing up to date information and analysis of events . |
| 2 | With this defence the defendant is saying that the plaintiff has failed to take reasonable care and thereby been partly responsible for his own injuries , loss or damage . |
| 3 | With some exceptions ( notably Renault French industry has failed to install modern manufacturing equipment . |
| 4 | However , the occasional study has failed to demonstrate increased platelet aggregation in diabetics free of vascular disease ( Petersen & Gormsen , 1978 ; Corbella et al , 1979 ) and certainly it would appear from the studies as a whole that platelet aggregation is more enhanced in diabetics with complications . |
| 5 | The Blues ' striker has failed to agree new terms with manager Howard Kendall which could signal his departure from Goodison Park . |
| 6 | Ian Salisbury : the spinner has failed to trouble Indian batsmen |
| 7 | Even recent liberalisation has failed to dispel deep-seated suspicions that discrimination still lurks beneath the surface . |
| 8 | The valiant work of the late Robin Best has failed to dispel popular images , yet his figures showed that the annual average transfer of agricultural land to urban land use in England and Wales was only 9,300 hectares between 1975 and 1980 ( compared with 17,500 between 1945 and 1950 , and 25,100 between 1931 and 1939 ) . |
| 9 | ( b ) Contributory negligence This defence will apply in actions under the Act , and a visitor who has failed to use reasonable care for his own safety and that failure was a cause of his damage will have his damages reduced . |
| 10 | The fact that this conclusion enables the ombudsman to investigate complaints that a professional man has failed to use due care and skill otherwise that in accordance with the common law , is no reason for reaching a contrary conclusion either . |
| 11 | Mr Clinton has failed to draw clear lines not just because the world , seen from the Oval Office , is complicated , nor because he is congenitally easy-going ; it is also because the structure for effective leadership is not yet in place . |
| 12 | Even a change of name — from the Windscale that had witnessed the 1957 fire to the brave new world of Sellafield — has failed to expunge public hostility . |
| 13 | And , to descend to crude practicalities , you are going to get very much less money for what you have done , though it is only fair to add that if you are lucky and clever enough to create a story that catches editors ' fancies then it can be anthologised time and again and in the end bring in perhaps as much as a full-length book that has failed to get wide paperback sales . |
| 14 | The criticisms have fallen into certain categories , one general line being that the service has failed to adopt modern methods of management , that it has been slow in understanding the use of statistical information and of specialized knowledge of the social services , and that it does not think ahead enough or organize its planning on a sufficiently systematic basis , in part because officials spend too much time on routine departmental work . |
| 15 | LTOM has failed to entice private clients , who account for only 20% of its business but are the lifeblood of options markets overseas . |
| 16 | However , the builder may be expected to make some contribution towards travelling time and costs where he has failed to obtain suitable sub-contract labour within the vicinity of the site and a subcontractor is requested to travel an excessive distance . |
| 17 | Curiously , perhaps , as linguistics has become increasingly ‘ applied ’ and concerned with social setting , its impact on teacher education has failed to make corresponding advances , Education Departments , as the questionnaire results show , do employ people with linguistic training , and applied linguistics backgrounds are shared by the holders of at least three current Chairs in Education ( two at London , one at Southampton ) . |
| 18 | that the respondent has failed to provide reasonable maintenance for the applicant ; |