Example sentences of "fail [to-vb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The different reactions to the military adventures of James III and James IV owe much to that most fundamental aspect of rule , the ability to evoke enthusiasm and affection — love , as contemporaries would have said ; the former failed to inspire what the latter clearly got in such great measure that the Scots were willing to countenance the idea of a crusade against the Turks , and in 1513 were even prepared to break the habit of more than a century , of avoiding major pitched battles with the English . |
| 2 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
| 3 | Luckily the victim put up a fight and a couple of passers-by joined in , so that the assailant failed to accomplish what the local newspaper delicately referred to as ‘ his appalling purpose . ’ ’ |
| 4 | Ancestral spirits also exercise a shadowy effect , punishing those who fail to pay them the requisite respect . |
| 5 | MAKING an obscure joke that failed to impress anyone the other week ( it was about warts and the treatment of them ) I did , at least encourage one reader in Israel to send me a palindrome about them . |
| 6 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |