Sentence examples for failed only by from inspiring English sources

It failed only by mistake, when the spelling of names on the lists did not match its own.The plaintiffs argued that it must, or at least should have, known better.

But despite the tremendous stakes, the rebels' initiative failed only by a small margin, exposing the party's inability to define Germany's role in Europe, or even what the euro crisis means for Europe's future.

Despite the setback his jockey, Darby Munro took off after the field and failed only by half a head to catch the winner Blue Legend, and just past the post he was in front.

Morris recounts his battle first to wrest control of his party from Taft and the conservatives and, when that failed (only because of "naked robbery" by "the forces of reaction," Roosevelt insisted), to lead a third-party campaign he understood to be doomed almost from the start.

The war on poverty failed only when it was abandoned -- abandoned by conservatives mistakenly and self-servingly committed to the viability of trickle-down economics.

In summary, this substance in the REACH database represents case 1 of the borderline substances (vP¬ vB)) in the non-extended version, meaning that the indication of LRTP replaces the fact that vB is failed, but by less than 10% only.

In Trump's view, loyal American citizens can never fail, only be failed — either by their own leaders, who are (sadly) stupid, or by leaders of competitor countries like Mexico and China, who are (even more sadly) smart.

Alignment analysis of the ETS domains by Prank fails only to clearly identify the class II factors as a single group; instead, the class II members are placed in several branches.

Vettel chased Schumacher's record of 13 victories in a season and failed by only two, but with his 15th pole position in the last race, he beat Nigel Mansell's 1992 record of 14 in a season.

Last year, another bill sponsored by Phelps on the matter failed by only six votes after months of heated debate in Springfield.

This proposal failed by only one vote to receive the necessary two-thirds vote in the Senate.