Sentence examples for contributed to a failure from inspiring English sources

It is important to discuss openly how each person contributed to a failure.

By withholding documents on American foreign policy, the United States has contributed to a failure of memory that will continue to have consequences for all of us.

A subsequent inquiry found that serious flaws in the design of the signaling system had contributed to a failure to warn the trailing train that another train had been delayed in front of it.

Income tax cuts favouring the better off have contributed to a failure to stem or reverse the rise in inequality: the richest 20% of households are now paying a lower proportion of tax than they were 20 years ago, while the poorest 20% are paying more.

Graham Black, former president of the Association of Revenue and Customs, the union representing senior tax officials at HMRC, has called for more investment in order to collect more tax and has said job losses had contributed to a failure to collect a further £1.1bn in taxes, which was also echoed in a public accounts committee report.

The Seton Hall researchers said their report was intended to help "fill the gap" of inadequate local data, a dearth that has contributed to a failure on the part of state and local government agencies to investigate workplace violations and enforce labor laws on behalf of day laborers.

This includes when a card is lost, stolen or expires, contributing to a failure rate of up to 15percentnt for card transactions.

And, the rarity of seeing a gun in that location might contribute to a failure to notice it (see Wolfe, Horowitz, & Kenner, 2005 for studies of how rarity affects detection in a deliberate search by airport baggage screeners).

For example in the scenario for the Rhine sediment between the barrage Iffezheim and Rotterdam, the hexachlorobenzene (HCB) source can contribute to a failure of the objectives of the WFD in the Rhine Basin [194, 195] and may require additional measures for its control [57].

Weaknesses in health systems contribute to a failure to improve health outcomes in developing countries, despite increased official development assistance.

Activation of hypoxia-induced pathways is largely investigated in cancer, where it is thought to strongly contribute to a failure in responding to γ-radiation therapy.