Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] failing " in BNC.
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| 1 | A path of accommodation with the Soviet authorities was widely assessed as having ensured his rise through the Church hierarchy from 1949 ; as Patriarch he was criticized for failing to challenge the repressive state regulations governing church affairs and to defend persecuted believers . |
| 2 | More recently he was criticized for failing to exploit possibilities created by the improvement in church-state relations at the time of the Russian Orthodox millennium in 1988 [ see p. 36040 ] , although this was partly excused by commentators on the grounds of his serious ill health . |
| 3 | The House of Commons select committee on trade and industry published a report on the House of Fraser acquisition on May 23 , 1990 , in which the DTI was criticized for failing to exercise its role in the regulation and supervision of business . |
| 4 | On Dec. 3 Helmut Haussmann resigned as ( FDP ) Economics Minister , having been widely criticized for failing to give a lead on the economic aspects of unification . |
| 5 | Price was thought to have influenced the decision on April 21 by Guyana 's President Desmond Hoyte to appoint Rudolph Collins , a former ambassador to Venezuela , to chair the electoral commission , in place of Sir Harold Bollers , who had been strongly criticized for failing to assert the commission 's independence from the ruling People 's National Congress . |
| 6 | It was also criticized for failing to anticipate the catastrophe . |
| 7 | The main opposition party , however , the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP ) led by Sirimavo Bandaranaike , was criticized for failing to build greater unity with the smaller Lanka Sama Samaja party ( LSSP ) , the Communist Party , the Nava Sama Samaja party ( NSSP ) and the Bahejana Nidahas Pakshaya ( BNP ) led by Mrs. Bandaranaike 's daughter Chandrika Kumaranatunge . |
| 8 | He had been criticized for failing to do enough to prevent a spate of serious attacks on foreign workers and asylum-seekers in the state , and had also been accused of working for the Stasi . |
| 9 | His predecessor , Anatoly Stroikin , was criticized for failing to prevent the taking of hostages on April 21 . |
| 10 | Also discussed in Minsk were the issue of a joint interstate television company ( the ex-Soviet Ostankino company being sharply criticized for failing to draft a charter , as had been agreed at the May Tashkent summit — see p. 38922 ) , transport , health , the environment and division of ex-Soviet property . |
| 11 | The first two were rewarded for their success and the third was punished for failing to exercise his stewardship in a proper manner . |
| 12 | Ministers are rebuked for failing to face House on rise |
| 13 | Hitcham , furthermore , which contained only seven taxpayers , was so insignificant a place it was surveyed jointly with Dorney , and we can readily imagine the constable becoming confused and forgetting to insert the name of the juvenile lord of the smaller township ; anyone subsequently checking the certificate could be forgiven for failing to realise that the first line referred to the lord of Dorney only . |
| 14 | McGrath , returning after being forgiven for failing to turn up for the Irish trek to Albania two weeks ago , rewarded Jack Charlton 's faith in him with a goal and a swagger as though he had never been away . |
| 15 | The older dog can usually compensate for failing eyesight or hearing through a highly developed sense of smell — it gradually learns to cope . |
| 16 | Men were often punished or dismissed for failing to remain alert while on duty . |
| 17 | Three-quarters of the workforce was sacked after failing to accept a management plan which involved a wages freeze and benefit cuts . |
| 18 | At the next meeting , the proposals were considered one by one , along with the views of the sub-committee ; every proposal was criticized and a highly critical sub-committee report was adopted nem. con. , with Sir Harry Samuel finally abstaining after failing to convince his colleagues of the rightness of the proposals . |
| 19 | Brawl The pot boiled over against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park that same year in a brawl of a game that resulted in bans for Gareth Chilcott , Graham Dawe , Wade Dooley and Hill , who was blamed for failing to exercise his captaincy correctly . |
| 20 | Civilian ministries were blamed for failing to ensure adequate supplies of food , for chronic shortages of every kind , for the endless queues . |
| 21 | School attendance officers were disliked for failing to take account of the need of some poor families for a child 's income . |
| 22 | When it came to electing a successor to the deposed Archbishop Fitzherbert at Richmond ( North Riding ) on 24 July 1147 , Bishop William opted for Henry Murdac [ q.v. ] , favourite of the Yorkshire reformers , against King Stephen 's candidate ; presumably it was Murdac who released him from the suspension he incurred for failing to attend the Council of Reims in March 1148 . |
| 23 | Admittedly , explaining their achievements is not part of Althusser 's project , and he might therefore be excused for failing to indicate the specific historical conjuncture from which Marxism arose . |
| 24 | At this , Grachev was attacked for failing to carry out reforms , allowing the spread of corruption in the army , and hiding statistics about crime . |
| 25 | The centre manager later resigned after failing to stop the case going to court where Ben was put on probation . |
| 26 | Jury discharged after failing to reach verdict |
| 27 | The jury in the Severn Bridge Gantry trial has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict . |
| 28 | She wondered again how many offences she had committed since failing to go to the police in Paris . |
| 29 | Constables know that all radio messages are taped and that the time they take to arrive at calls is recorded , which is often unnecessary , given the competition to beat other stations and colleagues by getting there first , although stories were told to us of instances where people were transferred for failing to respond to a call . |
| 30 | In particular , they have been censured for failing sufficiently to take into account the needs of local people . |