noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a failure/loss of nerve (= a situation in which someone lacks the courage to do something )
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They accused the government of a loss of nerve.
admission of guilt/defeat/failure etc
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Silence is often interpreted as an admission of guilt.
be doomed to failure/defeat/extinction etc
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Many species are doomed to extinction.
brake failure (= when brakes do not work )
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What should you do in the event of a brake failure?
cardiac arrest/failure (= when the heart stops working )
crop failure (= failure to grow or produce food )
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Ethiopia's 1989 crop failure was disastrous.
dismal failure
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Her scheme was a dismal failure .
engine failure (= when an engine stops working suddenly )
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Their aircraft suffered engine failure and crashed into the sea.
heart failure
ignominious defeat/failure/retreat etc
judge sth a success/failure (= consider it to be a success/failure )
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The concert was judged a success.
mechanical failure
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The flight has been cancelled due to mechanical failure .
meet with success/failure (= succeed or fail )
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Our attempts at negotiation finally met with some success.
power failure
signal achievement/success/failure etc
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The university has done me the signal honour of making me an Honorary Fellow.
the success/failure rate
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The success rate is still extremely low.
total failure/disaster
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The sales campaign was a total disaster.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
acute
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In this regard, increased plasma renin activity and decreased renal prostaglandin production have been reported in patients with acute liver failure .
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This is seen commonly in acute renal failure , and less commonly in chronic renal failure.
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Mrs Barnett, 35, suffered acute liver failure after a rare reaction to a drug.
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The following example is illustrative: Case 1-4 A 60-year-old man developed acute oliguric renal failure .
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Other adverse reactions due to systemic absorption, such as hypoglycaemia, rash, and acute renal failure , are rare.
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Hypercalcemia has been observed in the diuretic stage of acute renal failure .
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Discussion A problem in studying acute renal failure is the lack of a clearly agreed definition.
complete
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You look like you have blown up like a balloon and you feel that you are a complete dieting failure .
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But engineers concluded that even a complete failure of the non-critical, rubber O-ring would not endanger the lives of shuttle astronauts.
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And then at the end, that they should be complete failures .
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They said they were looking at complete liver failure , and swelling of the brain.
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But was the move really a complete failure ?
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And the attempt to start an avalanche of donations was a complete failure .
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The first run-through was a complete failure .
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In practice, of course, many cases fall between complete success and complete failure .
dismal
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Jimmy Johnstone's life after football has been a catalogue of defeats and dismal failures .
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The play, of course, is a dismal dramatic failure and survives only as a curiosity.
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It was a dismal failure . 1926-27 found him hawking a play round London offices with no potential takers.
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This debate will no doubt continue, and clearly no project is either a complete success or a dismal failure .
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The Gallipoli campaign ended in dismal and costly failure , with withdrawal from the peninsula commencing on 19 December.
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They are especially dismal failures in this regard because in fact they support these prejudices.
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It was a dismal failure , and was followed by restrictive legislation against the unions and by victimization of many union activists.
mechanical
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Police say mechanical failure has not yet been ruled out.
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The crashes have been attributed to a variety of problems, from human error to software glitches to mechanical failure .
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It was no goddam accident, no goddam mechanical failure , some one deliberately unhitched that car.
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Nothing, save an accident or mechanical failure could keep him from winning.
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Take-off even in the conventional manner is a critical phase, unforgiving of mechanical failure or human error.
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If it proves to be a mechanical failure , additional safety measures may be required.
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Due to mechanical failure the remaining six races had to be abandoned.
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For a long time, three main theories dominated discussion of the tragedy: bomb, missile or mechanical failure .
renal
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Patients aged under 18, bedridden patients, and patients with renal failure or a history of kidney transplantation were excluded.
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Patients with renal failure are, in effect, undergoing an osmotic diuresis since solute load per remaining functioning nephron is increased.
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The results in patients with chronic renal failure are interesting, but clinically irrelevant.
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This is seen commonly in acute renal failure , and less commonly in chronic renal failure.
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This definition would not identify severe renal failure in children.
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However, end-stage renal failure caused by chronic hypokalemia is extremely rare in humans.
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Fever, muscle rigidity, and seizures may produce rhabdomyolysis and subsequent renal failure .
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This occurs because the gastrointestinal absorption of magnesium is not depressed in chronic renal failure .
total
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Now she finally had to admit that it had all been a total failure .
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A small indulgence is viewed as a total failure , and uncontrolled rebound eating follows.
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This work must be well organised and error-free on the night or the result will be total failure .
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If this occurs, the buyer can no longer claim to have suffered a total failure of consideration.
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But they must also provide powerful facilities to reduce the proportion of total failures and to aid demanding and persistent users.
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This is an absolute necessity and to work in defiance of it means total failure .
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The risk of total failure is, of course, part of the price of love.
■ NOUN
business
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Moreover, business failures are expected to continue rising, especially among small firms.
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The inability to control this growth is a major cause of business failures .
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However, historical reviews of business failure rates show that the incidence of new product failure is very high and costly.
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There are plenty of business failures .
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It has stoked catastrophic business failures and contributed to increased unemployment.
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Mr. Campbell Business failures are now running at 57 percent. in the north-east and 65 percent. nationally.
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A sizeable proportion of these cases were suspected arson and were related to increased business failure because of high interest rates.
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The Government wants to reduce penalties for honest business failures while increasing the maximum penalties on dishonest bankrupts.
crop
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The short-term cause of overriding local significance were the droughts and crop failures in 1920 and 1921.
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After that, depending on the region, comes the danger of drought and crop failure .
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Global warming will deeply affect poor countries, leading to huge numbers of refugees, crop failures , and extreme weather.
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But buy some reserve seeds in case of crop failures or for successive sowings of fast-maturing varieties such as lettuce and radishes.
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Both the 1987 and 1989 crop failures followed good years.
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Tight supplies worldwide have kept traders focused on any potential crop failure .
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So whether the problem be set aside, crop failure or simple loneliness, the message to farmers is clear.
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Years of drought, crop failure and migration have meant that land is continually withdrawn from active production.
engine
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The cause of engine failure was at length discovered.
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There were two aircraft casualties, a Zero crashed on take-off from the Hiryu and a Kate suffered engine failure .
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An investigation into the crash found no evidence of engine failure - the problem was loss of power.
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Pilots normally feather propellers for two reasons: because of engine failure or a racing propeller.
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This means a catastrophic engine failure could send a fragment into the wing and ignite the fuel vapour.
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Although the cause of the accident remained under investigation, eyewitnesses said the plane apparently suffered engine failure .
heart
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She died penniless, in 1951, of liver and heart failure .
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In congestive heart failure , it is diminished because of low cardiac output and reduced arterial distending pressure.
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In fact the late Malcolm Forbes died from heart failure .
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Starting soon, some one from the Massachusetts center will check up several times a week on senior citizens with congestive heart failure .
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Life expectancy for all patients is middle age, and heart failure is the leading cause of death.
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If the patient develops early overt congestive heart failure it is contraindicated, but do seriously consider it later.
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But fainting, and heart failure , is possible.
kidney
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Most of what is known about acute aluminium poisoning comes from studying patients treated for kidney failure by dialysis.
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People with kidney failure are increasingly undergoing bypass and vessel-opening procedures.
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He actually died of kidney failure , set off by a viral infection probably contracted during a Masonic meeting in mid-November.
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Long-term use led to heart damage, stroke, kidney failure , and psychosis in some cases.
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Voice over Kidney failure has meant Rebekah has suffered from anaemia, low energy and restricted growth.
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Kumi was 29 days old when she was euthanized after it was found she had kidney failure and was in severe pain.
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Of the 195 hospital cases, 55 developed kidney failure and four children died.
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If it fails, diabetes may develop, which can cause blindness and kidney failure . 7.
liver
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This patient died of liver failure 2 months after the second operation.
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Prolonged use of the liquid, which keeps children alive in the beginning, often causes liver failure later.
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In 1973 Wendy Ellis, poor Wendy, a spinster, died aged thirty-five of liver failure .
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This caution can not be overstated in light of the decreased glomerular filtration often present in chronic liver failure .
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Death is mainly because of exsanguination or liver failure .
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She developed progressive liver failure and required a liver transplant.
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In this regard, increased plasma renin activity and decreased renal prostaglandin production have been reported in patients with acute liver failure .
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They said they were looking at complete liver failure , and swelling of the brain.
market
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This is a specific form of market failure , since the market left to its own devices does not give sufficient knowledge.
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There is far greater willingness for action-both individually and collectively-to tackle market imperfections and market failures .
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In this event there is said to be market failure .
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An additional source of market failure is externalities.
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Quite apart from market failure , another reason for rejecting unregulated market coordination is the inequality of social outcomes it produces.
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On the supply side, there are two main sources of market failure .
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We now review both the theory and evidence of such market failures and the implications for government intervention in sports markets.
power
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Finally, an emergency lighting kit should always be ready in an accessible place, in case of a sudden power failure .
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This will prevent the loss of much of your work in the event of a power failure or other mishap.
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Breaking the weak link proved a bigger hazard than actual cable breaks or power failures .
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The last locally-caused power failure of greater magnitude was the Loma Prieta earthquake in October, 1989.
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Half way between Victoria and Gatwick there was a power failure , the lights went out and the train ground to a halt.
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The average freezer will keep food frozen for two days in the time of a blackout or a power failure .
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It's only a power failure .
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Utility officials said the blackout was unrelated to small power failures in San Francisco neighborhoods Monday and Tuesday.
rate
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However, historical reviews of business failure rates show that the incidence of new product failure is very high and costly.
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We do not recommend birth control or encourage birth control in any way, except to point out its failure rate .
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This was an incredible result bearing in mind the general statistics of 98 percent failure rates reported for most dieting attempts.
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Over and over again, the studies showed huge failure rates .
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After all, there is a 100 percent marriage failure rate for their generation of the House of Windsor.
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Because of their high failure rate , small entrepreneurial companies will continue to be volatile places to work.
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This course is largely taken by candidates from overseas and there has been a worryingly high failure rate .
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Diets work for some Numerous studies show both the failure rates of boomerang diets and an inherited susceptibility to obesity.
■ VERB
cause
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Famine is caused by a failure of distribution, rather than a simple lack of food.
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Prolonged use of the liquid, which keeps children alive in the beginning, often causes liver failure later.
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They have been caused by the failure to impose it consistently.
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When something goes wrong, what caused the failure ?
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Operators used high-voltage induction coils, with the result that the insulation deteriorated, probably causing the cable's failure .
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A breakdown in communications between these departments can cause slowdowns and a failure to meet production schedules.
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The rubber boot is to stop ingress of dirt, etc. into the splines, causing premature failure .
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Could it have been an accident caused by some failure of the pod controls?
comply
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The court may intervene where there has been a failure to comply with express procedural requirements.
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No company had yet lost government business for failure to comply , but the law was on the books.
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A failure to comply with the Order is an offence under the above Act.
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Equally, you may have a right of redress if you are dismissed for failure to comply with an unjust order.
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This is a matter which can not be too carefully watched since failure to comply renders the member liable to heavy penalties.
doom
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But his resistance was doomed to failure as the courtiers' position was confirmed by several royal decrees.
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Any attempt to legislate goodwill in the market-place is doomed to failure .
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Once again his efforts were doomed to failure .
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But after a month with no reply, it seemed that even this approach was doomed to failure .
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Even so, such alliances are, in the long run, doomed to failure .
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It was now obvious that repeated military efforts by a single state were doomed to failure .
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Another airborne bid for peace that Churchill disapproved of, likewise doomed to failure .
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The union quest to preserve the rights and prerogatives of unskilled labor are doomed to failure .
end
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Does he not know that one in five of private contracts has ended in failure ?
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Ultimately, though, the self-defeating organiza-tion ends up attributing its failures to some unalterable aspect of its character.
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This too is ending in failure .
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If we are serious about ending reading failure , we must work on many fronts at once.
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In Washington, the White House said the coup attempt appeared to have ended in failure .
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It is of course tragic that her marriage is now ending in failure .
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Each attempt had ended in failure .
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Defries watched her mission end in failure .
follow
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Just as failure often follows failure, success breeds success.
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Gould was sacked after a stormy 14 months following Albion's failure to at least make the Third Division promotion play-offs.
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Many men buffeted by fortune will reach retirement prematurely; some have had great success to be followed by even greater failure .
lead
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The lack of specificity in these indicators leads to manifest failure to achieve equity.
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Ironically, even those strategies leading to success can also lead to failure .
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The consumption externality leads to market failure .
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But this instinct increasingly leads to failure .
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Others, however, will develop a chronic and progressive malfunction of the liver that may lead to total liver failure .
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Those same lessons apply to changing our attitude from one that leads to failure to one that leads to success.
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A lack of ascorbic acid leads to a failure to maintain collagen, and the body can actually come apart.
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I would not augment difficulties by protesting against them, as this only led to failure and wasted energy.
meet
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The third issue is our failure to meet the demand for new housing.
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A breakdown in communications between these departments can cause slowdowns and a failure to meet production schedules.
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Is failure to meet Compact goals recorded on reports, records of achievement, testimonials, etc.?
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The select committee also criticised his failure to meet researchers from the Commission for Racial Equality over a period of four months.
provide
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This gets round the case's failure to provide some important background facts.
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If this is true, it points to the continuing failure in providing true encounter in the years before union.
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The introduction and failure of this project provide a good idea of why a separate black economic agenda has always been stifled.
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Instead a growing number of elderly demented people were admitted because of the local authorities' failure to provide alternative care.
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To show contrition for failures to provide price lists to consumers, offenders would volunteer payments to the Treasury.
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This shows failure to provide an environment conducive to normal growth, where initiative and independence will develop.
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And although the particulars of their initiatives might differ, the underlying causes of success or failure will provide lessons learned.
result
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Rushing through it will result in failure , and very disappointing that can be, too.
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Plunging in with both feet and expending large sums on equipment and delicate fishes will almost always result in failure and disappointment.
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Its credibility has been severely damaged and its attempts to find a solution to the problem have resulted in abject failure .
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The desire of Congress to control the expenditure of the indemnity payments had resulted in the failure of the National Bank bill.
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This results in a failure to activate pepsinogen to pepsi and so denature proteins.
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This results from a failure in the sealing of the unit and causes condensation to build up between the panes of glass.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(the word) failure/guilt/compromise etc is not in sb's vocabulary
abject poverty/misery/failure etc
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A central reason cited for the cutback was the abject failure of highly touted sports movies.
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But for some, who didn't get the grades they hoped for, there's abject misery.
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For the first three years he endured abject misery.
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Its strategy was an abject failure on its own terms, for the Gaullists romped home in the June elections.
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The parasite has been nurtured by abject poverty, intermittent political chaos and, some charge, international indifference.
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The Sisters also try never to reject anyone in abject poverty, the hungry or starving.
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Wealth was much more frequent than abject poverty.
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What these hopefuls achieved for their pleasure and pain was a violent lifestyle of abject poverty.
an unmitigated disaster/failure/pleasure etc
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On health and safety issues, however, deregulation has been an unmitigated disaster.
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She had to admit that he would almost certainly not see the situation as an unmitigated disaster.
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So far, the tour had been an unmitigated disaster.
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The raid itself was an unmitigated disaster.
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What is happening in Assam is an unmitigated disaster.
miserable failure
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His ability has been called into question after a number of recent failures.
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I feel like such a failure .
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It has become the most expensive bank failure in U.S. history.
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She never tries anything because she's terrified of failure .
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The failure of the international community to deal effectively with the problem has cost thousands of lives.
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The failure of the peace talks has led to increased tension on the streets.
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Their first attempt to climb Mount Everest ended in failure .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Heart failure means that the heart muscle is not pumping well enough to meet the need for oxygen-rich blood.
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If the plaintiff was thrown forwards and injured, then clearly failure to wear a seat belt is contributory negligence.
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Innovation demands risk, and risk brings with it the possibility of frequent failure .
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Now, swept by red wave upon wave, she had to expiate her failure .
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Perhaps it is a movie about the promises and failures of public works in and since the New Deal.
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The fragility of life is now characterised by an electricity failure or a virus in computers.
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There are various possible reasons for these failures, including errors of recognition and errors of spelling.
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This occurs because the gastrointestinal absorption of magnesium is not depressed in chronic renal failure .