Sentence examples for except for failing from inspiring English sources

Asked if he has any regrets, he could not think of any, except for failing to take legal action when the men's-wear boutique Frank Stella opened.

The treaty, which Iran has generally observed except for failing to disclose certain elements of its program, requires signatories with civilian nuclear programs to submit to international inspections to ensure that they are not also building nuclear weapons.

Camilo Villegas would have joined them at 62 except for failing to make birdie on the par-5 18th hole.

There's no reason except cowardice for failing to mount a full-throated defense of the law.

Because almost a year to the day after Tebow engineered a 95-yard scoring drive to stun the Jets in Denver, some of his new teammates blasted him in The Daily News — anonymously, except for guard Matt Slauson — for failing to improve, for being little more than a gimmick, for struggling in practice.

During this election campaign, he did little except bash the Bank of Japan for failing to give the economy a monetary boost and promise to spend money on public works.

Kicked out of high school for failing every subject except English and art, he used to stop by the Brooklyn Public Library to read on breaks from his paper route and completed all of Proust by the time he was 13.

In contrast, all websites except the BTA (which scored 3), scored the minimum (1) for failing to describe what would happen if no treatment was used (DISCERN Question 11, Appendix 1).

Except for two speeding tickets and a cryptic charge of "Public Nuisance-Interfere/Obstruct/Render Danoneous PublinvolvedWater," none involved safety save to himself, with three citations for failing to wear a seat belt.

Except for configural invariance, partial invariance was explored, whenever complete invariance did not hold for a model, by relaxing the equivalence constraint for failing items (i.e., letting them free to vary across gender).

Be proud of yourself for failing.