Sentence examples for failed on behalf from inspiring English sources

Ms. Schwartz, who found Zoe, her mixed-breed dog, through Mr. Longoria, was thrilled, having failed on behalf of other friends whose credentials did not pass muster.

It had won power with a program of forced socialization, which had now failed, on behalf of a proletariat that now scarcely existed, all justified as the advance guard of an international revolution, which had not taken place.

Had IP rights still been on the table, for example, it is harder to imagine rich countries allowing talks to fail on behalf of their farmers.And yet fail they did.

"It's so much more satisfying to go for the simple solution: turning those who try and fail on our behalf into public enemy number one".

Trying to procure a victory from a failed attack on behalf of al Qaeda seems to have been a big mistake.

Benedict's (albeit failed) efforts on behalf of peace may at least have made it possible, decades later, for Paul VI and John Paul II to fare better in its regard, even if, as another chapter shows, Paul's teachings on war and peace received a mixed reception.

In my opinion L. failed on many counts to exercise common sense and due diligence on her own behalf.

Last week, Mr. Martin seriously misjudged the mood of the legislators when, making a formal statement in the face of public outrage, he failed to apologize on behalf of Parliament.

In May, the US secretary of state John Kerry said: "The country's leaders failed to act on behalf of the best interests of their people and their nation".

According to the Pulitzer-winning investigative journalism Web site ProPublica, several banks helped market designed-to-fail investments on behalf of the hedge fund Magnetar, which was betting on that failure.

But that is exactly what may happen if the United States Supreme Court fails to intervene on behalf of Troy Davis.