Example sentences of "failed [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1980 , however , the member countries have failed to agree on the quotas recommended by the IATTC . |
| 2 | The fee for the twenty six year old will be decided by a transfer tribunal , after the two clubs failed to agree on the players valuation . |
| 3 | The suspension was typically soggy yet still failed to cope with the craters that pass for potholes in New York City . |
| 4 | But some hospitals and some wards of other hospitals have failed to cope with the demands of too many chronic patients , and lack adequate staff , money and enthusiasm to prevent them becoming mere dumping grounds , especially of the psycho-geriatric cases . |
| 5 | Instead of staying carefully on his side of the screen — ‘ She goes left , I go right ’ — he suddenly stepped forward , centre stage , out of his position , out of the whole plot of the operetta , threw out his arms in the great expansive sexual gesture that never failed to work with the audiences , and began to sing in front of Therese , ignoring the screen , ignoring the action , making a total mockery of the whole theme of a bride and groom who marry without knowing who they are . |
| 6 | If you would like to look at the second sheet on your erm of the two that you 've got , erm this really brings to mind , one day in St Aldate 's , in the summer of 1643 , when a very hard working , methodical loyal official , Edward Heath , was ordered by the King and his Council to walk around St Aldate 's , and make a list of all the defaulters , all those who had failed to work on the fortifications . |
| 7 | Tanjug reported that most of the approximately 600,000 Serbs in Croatia had failed to participate in the elections . |
| 8 | The Council may provide that the provisions of any Codes of Practice promulgated by it shall be available to and shall be taken into account by the investigating and disciplinary bodies and , if appropriate , the appeals committee in determining whether or not an individual on the Register has failed to comply with the Rules of Conduct or is otherwise liable to disciplinary action pursuant to the Charter . |
| 9 | The exact way in which they had failed to comply with the regulations is unclear ; a representative of the Education Authority told me that the school has re-opened on a ‘ technicality ’ , because the School Council had not been consulted before the closure ; people in Village told me that the Education Authority had not consulted anyone in the community before-hand , a bigger breach of the regulations . |
| 10 | ‘ failed to comply with the conditions subject to which it was granted ’ Means that one of the conditions of the provisional licence has not been complied with , i.e. failing to display ‘ L ’ plates in this case |
| 11 | It may have failed to comply with the requirements ( f natural justice . |
| 12 | It may have failed to deal with the questions remitted to it and decided some other question . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend rightly highlights the problems caused by what the Government have failed to do in the regions . |
| 14 | England had failed to qualify for the finals , Scotland had defeated Wales in an emotional match at Liverpool 's Anfield Stadium and Ally McLeod , a supremely patriotic manager given to hyperbole and heart-wrenching nationalism had amassed one of the finest footballing sides for years . |
| 15 | Because England had failed to qualify for the finals , the entire weight of the British media inevitably fell on Willie Johnson 's head . |
| 16 | Was it some insensitivity in his nature that had failed to respond to the nuances of the relationship , some obtuseness of perception that had prevented him from seeing , as it still prevented him from understanding ? |
| 17 | In between work on these sessions — and having just failed to squeeze in the Charlatans and Bob Geldof — he 's been releasing his own dance records under an assumed name and running his own record label , Foundation , for two years . |
| 18 | Asserting that the situation had improved since 1990 and that the Serrano government was more highly motivated than the previous administration in promoting respect for human right and bringing the perpetrators of abuses to justice , the report pointed out that the army still failed to co-operate with the police and the judiciary in prosecuting army personnel . |
| 19 | They had failed to change with the times , so the speeches they wrote for the Queen did her no favours . |
| 20 | It is also disappointing to see that home shopping , in the shape of Grattan , has failed to recover from the travails of last year 's postal strike and turned in a fall in profits from £14.3m to £8.6m . |
| 21 | This is the inevitable product of a period during which the adults have failed to instil in the children truly effective consciences , resulting in an increase in uncivilised behaviour in all its endlessly varied forms , from the unfair ‘ jumping ’ of otherwise orderly queues waiting for goods or services , to acts of great cruelty and violence . |
| 22 | The inspector of taxes has failed to distinguish between the concepts of tax relief allowable on interest paid to purchase a private residence — and the operation of MIRAS . |