Sentence examples for before it fails from inspiring English sources

As impressive as some of its special effects may be, "The Perfect Storm" (like "Twister" before it) fails to convey the weather's changing moods and the ominously majestic march of events that signal inclement weather.

The pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), like Nafta before it, fails that test miserably.

Just how many reporters and newscasts can a station remove before it fails to meet those obligations?

Here, a method is introduced to calculate the chance that a cross-section fails in shear before it fails in bending.

Under this initiative, the F.H.A. will allow a lender to submit an insurance claim on a mortgage when it is in arrears but before it fails.

More significantly, Jack Curry's article, like so many before it, fails to take into account the effect the quality of pitching has had on the numbers.

As before, Virginia Tech attempted a two-point conversion, and as before, it failed.

Ms. Schapiro testified at a House hearing on Tuesday that the S.E.C. was scrutinizing Lehman's use of the accounting move, known as Repo 105, that allowed it to mask its weakness before it failed.

2012 is over, a year that, as with many before it, failed to keep all its promises but in compensation offered up enough surprises to remind us why we so love the films of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Like so many before, it failed.

But regulators were raising questions about the bank's risky operations for years before it failed.