Sentence examples for and failed to position from inspiring English sources

Last summer Jeff Robinov, the president of Warner Brothers, told The Wall Street Journal that "Superman Returns" "didn't quite work as a film in the way we wanted it to" and failed to "position the character the way he needed to be positioned".

As the now risk-happy Jake Gyllenhaal continues to learn from the mistakes of 2010, a year in which now-forgotten flops Prince of Persia and Love & Other Drugs failed to position him as a boilerplate Hollywood hunk Ryan Gosling's willingness to push himself as a performer since his breakout year has disappeared.

The firm tried automated keyword buying, but, Mr. Rosen said, found the computers failed to position the business and capture the market it wanted.

From the outset, Kemp had failed to position himself as the primary alternative to Vice President Bush.

As the first to traverse the new route he was at a clear disadvantage and failed to improve his position.

He left amidst controversy last year and failed to include this position anywhere in his official campaign bio or web site.

Walker struggled to distinguish himself on the crowded stage and failed to clarify his position on issues such as birthright citizenship and immigration.

Those women had tried and failed to be promoted to positions of relevance at the paper and I was about to prance my way upwards at the magazine from cover story to cover story all because of phenomenal timing.

She seemed mystified by the male cheetah's eagerness and failed to assume a mating position.

It spent seven weeks on the chart, and failed to earn a higher position.

The single debuted at number five in Australia, becoming its highest entry, and failed to reach a higher position.