Example sentences of "for fail " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be provided by the magic power or words , such as inscribing prohibitions into the nation 's constitution , and by manifestations of the divine in terms of either retribution for failing to uphold the truth , or grace for upholding the truth , with rewards ‘ such as oil finds and victories in the World Championships ’ . |
| 2 | Others have been half-trained on slippery floors , where they worry about keeping their feet , yet are yelled at for failing to respond quickly enough to commands . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Basque troubles are seen by most Spaniards as so tangled that they do not blame the current Socialist government of Felipe Gonzalez for failing to end the strife . |
| 5 | JANSHER KHAN , who won back the world title here on Saturday , is in danger of losing some or all of his $15,000 ( £9,500 ) prize money this week , for failing to make more than a brief appearance at the official dinner afterwards . |
| 6 | The group also condemns the Government for failing to carry out research into its effectiveness . |
| 7 | LAURENT FIGNON said yesterday that his three-month suspension for failing a dope test was lenient . |
| 8 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 9 | SELECTING jurors is ‘ a lottery within a lottery ’ and can be unfair to the administration of justice , an Old Bailey judge said yesterday , as he fined a man £100 for failing to turn up for jury service on the second day of a trial because it was ‘ not his scene ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As an illustration of how it can occur , the field-worker was told of an incident in which a driver was asked to stop for failing to wear a seat-belt , upon which he sped off , necessitating a car chase , which eventually ended with two cars being wrecked and a policeman injured . |
| 12 | Mrs Thatcher , ironically , now found herself criticized by the Chicago sage , Milton Friedman , for failing to apply the monetarist remedy with sufficient consistency or determination . |
| 13 | A lead story in Bob Gledhill 's column headlined ‘ Beware of Non-Fishing Bureaucrats ’ ( November 24 issue ) criticised one of local boat clubs for failing to invest in electric winches and described the committee as ‘ armchair rulers . ’ |
| 14 | The code received a warm reception from conference delegates but several caterers in the audience criticised their local EHOs for failing to present a united front on the interpretation of regulations . |
| 15 | Gen Aoun rejected the Arab peace pact for failing to ensure a clear , rapid timetable for the withdrawal of Syria 's 33,000 troops from Lebanon . |
| 16 | Most nurseries write off one in 10 plants , for failing to germinate , thrive or being destroyed by pests . |
| 17 | Judges will have powers to fine litigants for failing to turn up at court hearings . |
| 18 | THE Department of Transport was severely criticised yesterday for failing to apply proper sanctions against contractors who have cost taxpayers £70 million through poor workmanship and inadequate supervision of nearly 130 roads and bridges built since 1970 . |
| 19 | The episode ended in the Bay of Pigs disaster , with Cuban exiles pinned on the beaches cursing the US for failing to provide air cover . |
| 20 | In an interview with the Guardian , he attacked the Prime Minister for failing to have an urgent strategy to help the reform movements in the East . |
| 21 | THE TRANSPORT Secretary was attacked yesterday for failing to bring in screening of passenger baggage to be stored in aircraft holds , and for putting commercial interests ahead of tighter security . |
| 22 | The company claims not to have defaulted on the NAB loan and criticised the bank for failing to take account of the ‘ extraordinary financial difficulties ’ being faced throughout the country 's business community because of high interest rates . |
| 23 | Both sides are to blame for failing to put this land-for-peace formula into practice . |
| 24 | Mr Ro earned the boot for failing to detect the public 's sensitivities on this point . |
| 25 | Post-war America was in favour of a united Europe to stand more firmly against the Soviet Union , and successive American administrations grew irritable with the Europeans for failing to believe that unity in Europe could be as simple as it was in America . |
| 26 | The Democratic speaker of the Texas House of Representative , Gib Lewis , was indicted in December for failing to report a gift from a local law firm . |
| 27 | It is doubtful whether either of these distinctions would bear scrutiny on the broader canvas of moral and social philosophy : the moral thrust of Caldwell is that people are often just as much to blame for failing to think as they are for thinking about their actions and its consequences , and this very argument was applied to rape in the paragraphs above . |
| 28 | The older dog can usually compensate for failing eyesight or hearing through a highly developed sense of smell — it gradually learns to cope . |
| 29 | The regarders , like the verderers , were frequently amerced at Forest Eyres for failure to carry out their duties to the satisfaction of the judges — for failing to appear with the other regarders to make the regard , or to take the regarders ' oath , or to present their rolls of the regard on the first day of the Forest Eyre , or for losing their rolls , or for incompleteness in their returns . |
| 30 | The villagers naturally resisted : in December 1638 thirteen of them were each fined 40s. for failing to send representatives to the swanimotes , and men appointed by thirteen others were amerced for non-attendance . |