Sentence examples for failed to gain the support of from inspiring English sources

In that time, the attorney general George Brandis has failed to gain the support of the Senate to pass the legislation.

The government has attempted to introduce temporary protection visas several times in the past 12 months, but failed to gain the support of crossbenchers or Labor.

The bill has stalled in the Senate because it has failed to gain the support of enough crossbench senators, or Labor and the Greens.

But it has failed to gain the support of the company's largest outside shareholder: the News Corporation, run by Rupert Murdoch.

But it failed to gain the support of the large number of bondholders needed for the plan and withdrew the campaign on Wednesday.

In New Smyrna Beach, Fla., the petition drive to save Kmart hit a standstill last week when organizers failed to gain the support of the city commission and mayor, even though roughly 6,000 people had signed on.

Failing to gain the support of the Janissaries (elite military guards), he turned back to bring most of Anatolia under his control.

The producers failed to gain the financial support of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, one of nine distressed areas designated by the Clinton administration for public financing and tax incentives to spur private investment.

The Conservatives came to power in 2006 vowing to turn it into an elected body, but they failed to gain the necessary support of the provinces for this change.

But the proposal proved contentious in a country that has long prided itself on the discretion of its bankers, and it failed to gain the necessary support.

Over the next two years, members of the House of Representatives and Senate considered the bill several times, but, on each occasion, it failed to gain the necessary support for passage.