Sentence examples for and failed to bring from inspiring English sources

He tried and failed to bring technocracy to Britain.

A year ago Bill Frist, leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, tried and failed to bring a bill to the Senate floor.

It was the fourth time in the past three years that Republicans had tried, and failed, to bring medical malpractice legislation to a vote in the Senate.

The ICC has previously tried and failed to bring the might of international law down on Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, and Libya's late leader Muammar Gaddafi.

It's been a strange month for a disgruntled group of militiamen in Oregon, who took over a wildlife refuge in an armed protest against the government and failed to bring adequate supplies.

Some also doubt Mr. Rechnitz's motives: a 47-year-old resident of the Upper West Side, he is an avid amateur track cyclist who has tried — and failed — to bring a velodrome to the city.

Firstly, the minimal entry requirements undermine the value of the course and fail to bring the best out of potential barristers.

Nonetheless, this deal is a weak brew that remains far too generous to the rich and fails to bring in enough revenue to deal with the nation's deep need for public investments.

Hansen goes on to argue that rather than fulfill its mission statement to "make the world more open and connected", such editorial decisions "will simply promote stupidity and fail to bring human beings closer to each other".

But the key dynamic in the film, Bullock's rivalry with Billy Bob Thornton's character, is painfully underdeveloped and fails to bring the sparks needed for the tale to truly ignite.

Mr. Clinton's sternly worded warnings, issued privately to Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the army chief who has ruled Pakistan since an Oct. 12 coup, and in a televised address to the nation, were meant to leave the generals with no doubt that further violence in Kashmir would deepen Pakistan's international isolation and fail to bring America to the rescue.