Example sentences of "[vb pp] for 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 | Men were often punished or dismissed for failing to remain alert while on duty . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Civilian ministries were blamed for failing to ensure adequate supplies of food , for chronic shortages of every kind , for the endless queues . |
| 18 | School attendance officers were disliked for failing to take account of the need of some poor families for a child 's income . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | At this , Grachev was attacked for failing to carry out reforms , allowing the spread of corruption in the army , and hiding statistics about crime . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In particular , they have been censured for failing sufficiently to take into account the needs of local people . |
| 23 | Lamb 's reward was a two-match suspension and a heavy fine — imposed for failing to get permission to tell the truth — and a strong hint from England supremo Ted Dexter that his international cricket career is over . |
| 24 | CLERGYMEN have been condemned for failing in their duty to help stamp out under-age and open-air drinking in a Co Tyrone town . |
| 25 | Midlands Electricity will be prosecuted for failing to ensure safety of its workers and others . |
| 26 | Firstly , the statistics appearing in the background paper were frequently berated for failing to make clear the actual level of default amongst partnerships and thus for misdirecting the profession on the issues . |
| 27 | Mansell was penalised for failing to stop during the Portuguese Grand Prix and he threatened to quit if FISA , the sport 's governing body , did not remove the ban . |
| 28 | Under this scheme , voters can be penalised for failing to list tall lesbians , Egyptian cross-dressers , and short-sighted window-cleaners in the correct order of preference — although , in order to avoid discrimination , election literature is prohibited from revealing any details at all about candidates , including their names . |
| 29 | ‘ We can only hope that Implexion 's agents will be appeased by our offer , although it is likely we will still be penalised for failing to furnish them with a living child . |
| 30 | Working for patients has been criticised for failing to emphasise the importance of people and not being more specific about the need for personnel management . |