Example sentences of "failing [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Division Two men 's club Ware and Third Division North London have each been fined £150 for failing to fulfil fixtures at the weekend .
2 This approach recognizes the seriousness of failing to induct pupils into the heritage of a great tradition .
3 The villagers naturally resisted : in December 1638 thirteen of them were each fined 40s. for failing to send representatives to the swanimotes , and men appointed by thirteen others were amerced for non-attendance .
4 The Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) news agency reported bitter arguments between party leaders and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala , who was accused by party leader Ganesh Man Singh of making key political appointments without consultation and of failing to address problems of the economy and of social order .
5 It is true that in the law relating to misrepresentation , the seller can not be liable for failing to disclose defects in the goods but only for any actual statements made by him or his agents .
6 Following the recent prosecutions of the BBC and several other major companies for failing to prevent outbreaks of the disease , many premises managers have found that the threat of expensive law suits focuses the mind wonderfully on the need for Rentokil 's Water and Ventilation Service .
7 On June 15 , the 13 opposition parties in the coalition Front for the Defence of Democracy ( FDD ) accused Milongo 's government of failing to correct errors in the voter registration procedures .
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