The phrase "cause it to fail" is correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase is typically used as a causal relationship, meaning that one action or event leads to another action or event failing. Example: "Neglecting to properly maintain a car can cause it to fail unexpectedly on the road."
Viral pneumonia can tax an older person's heart and sometimes cause it to fail, he told her, so it was prudent that she remain under observation by doctors.
They listed some of the things that the machine could not cope with and that would cause it to fail: things like, if the testee is drunk, exhausted, insane or otherwise mentally deficient.
The commissioner said the new national crime agency which is still being set up, could be overwhelmed in its nascent form by the addition of terrorist responsibilities which might "cause it to fail".
Philip Curtis, an engineering geologist, said a very small amount of the water coming off the road would be enough to saturate the earth behind the wall and cause it to fail.
It is necessary, however, either to check or to harmlessly drain away the seepage water that would otherwise weaken the downstream parts of the dam and, in extreme cases, cause it to fail.
Q. Doomsday scenarios described online suggest that the pipe that lines the well is deteriorating, or that there may be other problems with the well that may cause it to fail completely, leaving an utterly uncontrolled gusher that could prove difficult or impossible to control.
If these cases go to trial, we may get some insights into whether the department's desire to protect the most worthy investors caused it to fail in its duties to the other policyholders.
WorldNetDaily is a website founded in 1997 by Joseph Farah, a longtime right-wing journalist whose stint as editor of the failing Sacramento Union in the early 1990s only caused it to fail even faster.
Clearly, it would be a nightmare if Japan Post Bank's inexperience meant that its move into new business caused it to fail (or to come close to doing so).
If soil is repeatedly turned over, it is exposed to oxygen and its carbon is released into the atmosphere, causing it to fail to bind as effectively.
