Sentence examples for a serious failure from inspiring English sources

The report also details a serious failure of statecraft.

Not doing so will be a serious failure of his progressive project.

This was due to "a serious failure of training", common across the NHS at that time.

There was a "serious failure" of its duties by the trust's board of directors.

That was a serious failure that is being investigated [by the ombudsman].

The regulator said there had been "serious editorial misjudgments" compounded by a "serious failure of its compliance process".

"And on the other hand, we have a serious failure of the state to provide adequate care".

This was a serious failure, right at the root of the evidence-based, problem-solving philosophy of the programme.

In a scathing assessment of the trust's board of directors, Francis accused it of "a serious failure" of its duties.

"All of these add up to a serious failure in exercising judgment, responsibility and prudence," the report said.

Whether that is a failure of American imagination or politics is unclear, but a serious failure it remains.