Even pedants can fail to be sufficiently pedantic sometimes.
No one can fail to be impressed with Cameron's longing for a Big Society.
Second, who can fail to be impressed by the sheer scale of the enterprise?
"It leads to a lack of continuity, in which a patient's needs can fail to be noticed," says Ellis.
The BBC recording is extraordinary; no one who hears it can fail to be jolted by it.
No one can fail to be thrilled with the pure, sepulchral figure of Oberon and his superboy, Puck.
No Palestinian patriot can fail to be moved by the Gazans' joy at deliverance from 38 years of ugly occupation.
No one who is interested in an equitable society can fail to be irked by this unfairness.
I think that nobody can fail to be impressed by the combined efforts of Bernard Schumi, the Swiss architect, and Dimitrios Pandermalis, the museum's director.
Who can fail to be concerned about the growing numbers of 48-year-old unemployed lesbians next door and their violent IVF asbo twins?
Who can fail to be impressed with the grand stands of soaring beech, with their patina-ed, gunmetal-grey bark, and vast columnar crowns.
