Example sentences of "they [prep] failing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 2 | But environmentalists have criticized them for failing to address Southern countries ' real needs . |
| 3 | He accused them of failing to face up to the implications of the voters ' choice should this happen , and of preferring to hide from the truth . |
| 4 | Nicholas Abercrombie and John Urry accuse them of failing to take account of ‘ proletarianizing tendencies ’ within the professional-managerial class . |
| 5 | He then gave a press conference in which he launched a fierce attack upon the Democrats , accusing them of failing to produce any deficit reduction proposals and of playing politics with the budget issue . |
| 6 | And as for women in their 30s and 40s , Time claims they feel the feminist movement betrayed them by failing to warn them about the sacrifices women had to make in exchange for equality and by pursuing the wrong goals — pushing more strongly for the equal rights amendment than for child care or flexible working hours . |