Example sentences of "[Wh det] fail [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the expression of a man deeply committed to the practical development of the Soviet socialist state , dismissive of esoteric philosophical debates which fail to take into account the material conditions of the socialist experiment , and preoccupied above all with the need to defend an increasingly isolated Soviet Union from potentially damaging criticisms , however well intentioned they might be . |
| 2 | The League is now calling on the Government to set up an inquiry into the disposal of farm animals which fail to go through the proper slaughter-house and food production system . |
| 3 | It is a great tragedy that there are types of pain which fail to respond to narcotics even when they are given in large repeated doses . |
| 4 | Therapy is not a guaranteed test in humans because there are intractable pains which fail to respond to any known therapy . |
| 5 | A helicopter , the authority said , would not only help the speedy identification of vessels which fail to respond to radio requests for information as they pass through the Pentland Firth , but would also carry out oil pollution surveillance flights . |
| 6 | Our charge against the metaphysician is not that he attempts to employ the understanding in a field where it can not possibly venture , but that he produces sentences which fail to conform to the conditions under which alone a sentence can be literally significant . |
| 7 | Entering the kitchen with an explicit recipe for explanation , individualists are liable to reject any hypotheses which fail to conform to their requirements , on the grounds that they do not provide an adequate account of the phenomena with which they are concerned . |
| 8 | The third aspect of Part II is that section 10 now makes it an offence for a trader to supply consumer goods which fail to comply with a general safety requirement . |