Example sentences of "fail to come [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have already discussed the notion of relative novelty in the course of an analysis of habituation ( Chapter 2 , pp. 44–5 ) and failed to come up with hard evidence that might require us to accept its reality . |
| 2 | Washington declined his invitation to keep its troops on the island and disappointed Blaize by failing to come up with promised investment to reduce huge unemployment . |
| 3 | Amazingly , all Sony 's competitors doubt the success of the mini-portable and fail to come up with rival versions for almost a year . |
| 4 | However , for databases which fail to come up to that standard a new right to prevent unfair extraction is proposed . |
| 5 | The government has now accepted the arguments , but it has failed to come up with effective solutions " . |
| 6 | He said Russian president Boris Yeltsin had failed to come up with new ideas and had put politics above the national interest . |
| 7 | The move came as a sign of frustration by Britain and Hong Kong over the way China has protested about the proposals since they were announced last October — but has failed to come up with any alternative ahead of elections already scheduled for 1995 . |
| 8 | The US Supreme Court has repealed the section of the 1985 nuclear waste federal law which compels states to find disposal sites for low-level radioactive waste if they have failed to come up with another solution by 1996 . |
| 9 | If BA fails to come up with new proposals before the deadline , the Virgin chief may pursue a settlement in the US or European courts . |