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The phrase "a failure to request" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the lack of an action, specifically the act of making a request.
Example: "The report highlighted a failure to request necessary resources, which hindered the project's progress."
Alternatives: "an omission to ask" or "a neglect to request".
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Failure to request a hearing pursuant to § 622.56 constitutes a waiver of the opportunity for a hearing and the notice of assessment issued pursuant to § 622.55 will constitute a final and unappealable order.
But Democrats criticized Mr. Trump for what they characterized as a tepid response to an urgent calamity, arguing that his failure to request funding for the effort revealed a lack of seriousness about addressing the issue.
Delays prior to discharge planning due to diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, waiting for consultant opinion (delay following referral for specialist opinion) or errors made by the team (e.g. failure to request in a timely manner a certain diagnostic test) were initially considered potential delays.
System failures were due mainly to fingerprint device driver incompatibilities, fingerprint reader hardware malfunction or operator failure to request and record a fingerprint.
They included failure to obtain a permit for the dance floor, failure to submit an engineer's plan for installation of the floor, and failure to request various inspections during and after the installation.
Thompkins contends that the evidence of Purifoy's acquittal was at the center of the prosecution's case, and therefore, his attorney's failure to request limiting instructions was objectively unreasonable and extremely prejudicial to his case.
One NTSB member, Francis H. McAdams, dissented with the other four investigators and published a minority report stating the probable cause of the accident was the Delta crew's failure to adequately advise the tower of the proximity to the runway, and the tower's failure to request additional and precise information prior to clearing TWA 159 for takeoff.
Despite the fact that participating employers initially reported substantial interest in and capacity to adopt depression products [ 26], their failure to request any free and unbiased technical assistance indicated they were not 'ready to change'.
Pay attention to detail: Sloppy, generic cover letters and a failure to provide the requested documents will deter most reviewers from looking further, Dantzig says.
(b) If an applicant is requested by the FCC to file any additional documents or information not included in the prescribed application form, a failure to comply with such request will be deemed to render the application defective, and such application will be dismissed.
It comes from a failure to see her reasonable request behind a need.
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