Sentence examples for failed to abandon from inspiring English sources

He liked to portray himself as a pro-business liberal reformer but under him Italy has utterly failed to abandon a model that used lira devaluations to offset inflation and stagnant or falling productivity.

Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., also moved to undermine the burgeoning detente, saying the U.S. would not take talks seriously if Pyongyang failed to abandon its nuclear arsenal.

No matter how bad the violence in the remote north and eastern parts of the island has been since the war began in 1983, Western visitors have not only failed to abandoned the place, rather they have invested quite heavily in its less restive west and south coasts.

The Bush administration has prepared a plan to intensify financial and political pressure on North Korea if it fails to abandon its effort to make nuclear weapons.

Failing to abandon them in fast-changing reality can cause your business to fail and your career to flounder.

For Mr. Cowen, 51, the last weeks in government have been tumultuous, culminating last weekend in his being forced by disintegrating support within Fianna Fail to abandon his bid to hang on as party leader, and to lead it into an election.

Near the end of a breeding season, a male that has successfully mated continues to sing while a male that has failed to reproduce abandons the habitat.

For many years, Western powers have failed to persuade Iran to abandon the sprawling effort, which they see as aimed at making nuclear arms.

An Israeli strike against Iran would be a last resort, if all else failed to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

And even though roughly two-thirds of Americans think that the economy is on the wrong track, Romney has failed to persuade them to abandon the President en masse.

Having failed to persuade Washington to abandon its push to build an antimissile system, the Kremlin is doing the next best thing: It is working on America's allies.