Sentence examples for failed in the former from inspiring English sources

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He failed in the former but accomplished the latter.

4.46pm: Willis asks Acton if he has put protecting the reputation of UEA ahead of scientific integrity - and failed in the former.

In the eyes of his well-born wife, who, "it was said, had read only one book, Burke's Peerage", he failed in the former while she scorned the latter.

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This pottery company failed in the 1890s, and its former headquarters, on Greenpoint Avenue near the waterfront, has served over the years as a pencil factory and an S-and-M club and now contains a sports bar.

Also last year, Republican Billy Tauzin III of Louisiana lost a race to succeed his retiring father, and in 2002, Scott Armey failed in the race to succeed his father, former House majority leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.).

The move went ahead after a legal challenge by former premier Michael Misick failed in the court of appeal in London earlier this week.

Mefloquine failed in the 1970s.

How could Hollywood fail in recognizing the former chairman of National Geographic Feature Films (NGFF)?

Ed. Note: I plan on writing something about black voters, the passage of proposition 8 in California, and the discussion that has ensued about whether the former failed in part because of the latter.

The bank failed in 1933, and its former counting rooms have been converted into apartments.

His government also introduced an omnibus crime bill, which contained nine bills that had failed to pass in the former Parliament.

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