Sentence examples for failed to argue from inspiring English sources

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In a clear, commanding voice, he said the defense failed to argue an important point: that its client never used steroids.

Ms. Miers failed to argue her own case in a persuasive manner in her various one-on-one hearings with senators.

Whether fishing industries have learned enough from their self-defeating past to support ample reserves is doubtful, but if they haven’t, it won’t be because Richard Ellis has failed to argue his case thoroughly.

The statement from Mr Hague in the House of Commons came after a four-year legal battle in which the Government tried and failed to argue that it was not responsible for the actions of the colonial administration.

Because the commission is weak, it has failed to argue effectively for freeing trade in services; it has also been tempted into weird trade-rigging arrangements, like the recent deal on textiles with China.

Inevitably, he was seized as a prisoner of war ("the least unfortunate kind of prisoner to be"), and just as inevitably, he managed to escape (having failed to argue for his release as a foreign correspondent).

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As Arthur Bentley pointed out, no political actor ever fails to argue that his interest is the public interest.

But he fails to argue convincingly that natural resources are the primary, or even a major, source of Africa's troubles.

On Sunday he warned that the opposition was concerned Malcolm Turnbull would "stuff up" marriage equality and fail to argue the "yes" case in a popular vote.

If AT&T fails to argue well, that entire premise could evaporate, curtailing the Open Internet Is Bad For Business novel.

Preston knows all this too; so why then is he clinging on to a single report that tries – and fails to argue the precise opposite to what everyone in their right mind knows is true: the Internet is killing newspapers?

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