Sentence examples for a key fails from inspiring English sources

Of the assembly line products, a much smaller percentage go through even more thorough testing and if a fault is found in any of these, say a key fails on a keyboard, then the next 44 units are checked for this fault to avoid a repeating error.

If a key fails to lift when released, look to see if a spring (one of the tiny wires along the rod) has popped out of place.

Still, you started each morning, on the first key-turn, without fail.

But, and professional kitchens are often guilty of this, there are two key fails here that regularly ruin eggs Benedict.

Batting at number five in both Tests, Key failed to make much of an impact, scoring 18 runs in the first match and four in the second.

No wonder that the team called itself "Wiki Who?" And then there is the issue of business continuity, the need for redundant systems and energy back-ups in case a key component fails.

He revealed that half the officers in a key unit failed a polygraph test last year.

ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC., Carlsbad, Calif., which develops antisense drugs, will cut its work force by almost 40percentt, or 140 jobs, after a key drug failed clinical trials.

A key witness failed to show up in a burglary case involving Nicolas Cage's ex-girlfriend because he vanished earlier this week after going on a walk with his dog, authorities said Friday.

But a drive to ban soft drinks and snack foods from California schools stumbled this week when a key bill failed to get enough votes to make it out of a State Senate committee.

Attempts to repeal a ban on openly gay men and women serving in the US military received a serious setback on Thursday when a key vote failed.