Sentence examples for backed failed from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Arrington, 67, said he had seen earlier warning signs: In 1998, a school referendum he backed failed.

In Colorado, when a school voucher initiative he backed failed, he joined with others to create the Alliance for Choice in Education, a nonprofit group that provides scholarships to schoolchildren.

And Mr. Romney was to focus attention on an aggressive new attack on President Obama, highlighting the White House's role in backing failed companies like Solyndra.

The Castleford backs failed to deal with another Holdsworth bomb soon afterwards, allowing Lineham to pick up and cross again soon afterwards.

Biden isn't the only high-profile Democratic presidential hopeful with a history of backing failed drug war policies.

Even then, sending back failed asylum seekers is often impossible.

The Liverpool full-back failed to recover his ground, allowing Ramires to bear down on the Reds goal.

Not since his rookie year had the running back failed to move the chains in such a situation.

When the back failed to score, Peyton threw up his hands and marched around in a huff.

Only one of these works, a macabre still life by Alonso de Escobar featuring a slaughtered pig lying on its back, failed to sell.

One of the possibilities mooted was the idea of making aid to countries outside the EU conditional on their taking back failed asylum applicants.