Sentence examples for an example of the failure from inspiring English sources

He said the loss of the Selkirk herd was an example of the failure of the Endangered Species Act in the US, catapulting Canada into its first major test of its international commitments to protect biodiversity.

Mr. Johnson faulted Mr. Jindal for telling a story about Harry Lee, the sheriff of Jefferson Parish during Hurricane Katrina and who has been repeatedly accused of racial profiling, and for bringing up Hurricane Katrina at all, which Mr. Jindal cited as an example of the failure of big government.

In fact, the Viacom deal gave the minority preference a bad odor, and when Newt Gingrich's new House majority seized on the issue as an example of the failure of affirmative action, relatively few white Democrats tried to preserve the benefit.

So when 76-year-old Walter Chamberlain was attacked by three young nonwhites who may or may not have told him to "get out of our area" -- he is not sure, his family said -- the incident was seized on by the British National Party as an example of the failure of the multiracial society.

During his presidential bid, Senator John McCain used this event as an example of the failure of our leaders to make trade-offs for common national purpose.

Teachers told me that this island nation was an example of the failure of socialism and the rise of dictatorship.

The Valle de las Palmas development in Tijuana is an example of the failures of the current housing model in Mexico.

But far from depicting Ms. Kishline as an example of the failures of Moderation Management, people involved with the organization note that she had also tried abstinence and failed.

It was an example of how the failure to use public funds effectively to deliver an appropriate standard of care to all citizens fell short of the basic requirements of a fair society.

"It's an example of the F.T.C.'s failure to understand the medium and appreciate the nuances," said Linda A. Goldstein, a partner at the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, which represents several industry groups.

The release of a convicted rapist in March before Bergen County prosecutors could be told was not an accident but an example of the state's failure to keep track of sex offenders who leave prison, a State Senate panel was told today.