Sentence examples for a widespread failure from inspiring English sources

There has also been a widespread failure to take action against rampant electricity theft in informal urban settlements.

A17 The I.N.S. mishandled paperwork relating to some Sept. 11 hijackers partly because of "a widespread failure by many individuals" in the agency, a Justice Department inquiry said.

You could argue, rightly, that death and devastation is the likely result of a widespread failure to take climate change seriously.

A widespread failure in Amazon.com's Web services business took down many Internet sites on Thursday, highlighting the risks involved when companies rely on so-called cloud computing.

After only a month of test circulation, Americans are searching out the coin, clearly moving beyond their distaste for the Susan B. Anthony dollar, a widespread failure two decades ago in its confusing similarity to the quarter.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service mishandled paperwork pertaining to some of the Sept. 11 hijackers partly because of "a widespread failure by many individuals" in the agency, a Justice Department inquiry concluded today.

We cannot say, 'Well, it wasn't our fault' when there is such a systemic, widespread failure of leadership".

The failure to understand what a god is, for Rosenstock-Huessy, is on a par with our widespread failure to see beyond our own horizon and understand the truths behind the animism of tribal peoples or the insights into the moving heavens by early imperialist peoples.

It never considered the possibility of a previously unknown microbe — a glaring omission and a leading example of scientists' widespread failure to think outside the box.

Meanwhile, a raucously free press continues to uncover corruption scandals and shine a spotlight on the widespread failure to provide basic services to the poor.

The 1815 eruption of Mt Tambora in Indonesia produced so much volcanic ash that it triggered the "year without a summer" that brought widespread failure of harvests across Europe, famine and economic collapse.