Example sentences of "fail to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one brought up in the Jewish faith with his sort of European connections could fail to be unaware , or convulsed , by the nightmare we call the Holocaust . |
| 2 | Ca n't fail to be entertaining . |
| 3 | A thousand needs that I 've spent most of my teenage years pretending do n't exist , and when they 've made themselves felt , so strongly that I ca n't fail to be aware of them , I 've crushed them , trying to control my appetite and cravings in every way that I know , fighting a pointless and endless war against myself . |
| 4 | Unless a player is totally without imagination , then he can not fail to be aware of what has gone before as he makes his pilgrimage round Augusta . |
| 5 | With its finances balanced precariously , with Ministry restrictions on the appointment of tutor-organisers and the withdrawal of some of the university 's resident tutors , it had to rely heavily on voluntary effort — and no-one who reads the branch or Federation literature of this period can fail to be moved by the zealous commitment of ordinary WEA members , a commitment based upon the sheer love of learning and an earnest desire to offer something worthwhile to society . |
| 6 | MONDAY : On to the tiny island of Nisyros , you can not fail to be impressed by the image of perfectly white houses , dense greenery and volcanic soil . |
| 7 | Anyone looking at the photographs of the lift — and there are quite a lot — can not fail to be impressed by the engineering work , all the more striking because of its completely rural setting . |
| 8 | He genuinely had little concern with making money for its own sake , but he could not fail to be infected by Marjorie 's martyred attitude to their shortage of cash , and he resented being reminded of it by Kegan 's sleekness . |
| 9 | As you see , it was a rather exalted collaboration , and the work which was to ensue could not fail to be remarkably beautiful . |
| 10 | But I think he is simple-minded ’ — can not fail to be full of good things . |
| 11 | When moving around the surface of the Earth , one can not fail to be impressed by the diversity of all that one sees , and it is easy to imagine that there is an infinite complexity of different ‘ things ’ not apparently related to one another . |
| 12 | Alum pot itself could not fail to be noticed by the first settlers in the district , its yawning gulf constituting an obvious danger to both man and beast ; in the course of time , a wall was built around it and trees planted to indicate its position . |
| 13 | No one who is either a parent or a teacher can fail to be aware of the vast differences between children of 7 , not because of what they have been taught , but because of their rate of development and their maturity . |
| 14 | Few people can fail to be impressed by the rate of growth of both the animal protection and environmental movements in the last twenty years , or by the extraordinary change in public attitudes with which this growth has been associated . |
| 15 | Visitors ca n't fail to be spellbound at Uredale Glass , where you can watch skilled craftspeople blow and handform beautiful glass vases , bowls , goblets , paperweights , etc. using traditional skills , while you enjoy the informative running commentary . |
| 16 | But , in its own way , it could never be described as anything less than a remarkably articulate and detailed player , and certainly no-one will fail to be swayed by its fine engineering , or Linn 's track record in improving existing products in the field when the time comes , instead of merely replacing them . |
| 17 | Anyone of a moderately sensitive disposition , who is not in the thrall of what Aldous Huxley termed their ‘ idiot monologue ’ of petty rigmarole , but who is sufficiently inwardly tranquil and open to the influence of the landscape , can not fail to be struck by the uncanny quality which the chalk ‘ breathes out ’ at different times of day under particular atmospheric conditions . |
| 18 | Those ancillary restrictions that do not meet this criterion will fail to be considered under Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty . |
| 19 | ‘ It can hardly fail to be an improvement on Mangrove East , in any case . ’ |
| 20 | Visitors to West German cities can not fail to be impressed by the peaceful , car free centres served by integrated public transport systems . |
| 21 | Thus , the signal degrades and , eventually , becomes unintelligible — that is , the information it carries will fail to be information at all . |
| 22 | Because if you do , you can not fail to be deeply impressed by the very many ways in which high-fibre foods can help you to slim , and to come to the conclusion that the F-Plan is that major slimming breakthrough everyone has been seeking for so long . |
| 23 | They seem to be locked in a time warp but this has become their biggest selling point because , by remaining stubbornly unlike every other manufacturer , their instruments can not fail to be distinctive . |
| 24 | How can any horse fail to be screwed up , when its first contact with man is fifth degree burns , starvation , and flagellation ? |
| 25 | Mr Sherrin , who describes Keith Waterhouse as ‘ a Melvyn Bragg who can write ’ , says : ‘ The play ca n't fail to be a hit . ’ |
| 26 | Hooker 's was a name which could hardly fail to be included on the list of those whom the Church wished to commemorate in 1980 . |
| 27 | We can also fail to be angry about the right things , neglecting issues , say , of Justice and truth in our world . |
| 28 | No walker who visits Pembrokeshire can fail to be tempted by part of the 180 mile coastal path . |
| 29 | Whether or not the teaching of study skills already features on your syllabus , we feel you can not fail to be impressed by A Study Skills Handbook and its relevance to the university student . |
| 30 | ‘ The style of writing is lively and straightforward , and the reader could not fail to be stimulated by the ideas presented . ’ |