Sentence examples for failed to make a breakthrough in from inspiring English sources
Ed Miliband's party failed to make a breakthrough in the locals, narrowly failed to secure an overall majority after winning half the seats in the Welsh assembly and badly in the devolved Scottish elections, whereas the Scottish National Party had every reason to be on cloud nine after sweeping to power.
Its two main leaders – Douglas Carswell and Nigel Farage – are engaged in an open war, the party's head office cannot afford a Christmas party and morale has fallen after the party failed to make a breakthrough in a byelection in Oldham West seemingly tailor-made for its message.
The Ports had been aiming to overturn a 2-1 defromtherom the first leg but failed to make a breakthrough in the Shamrock Park return.
Yet the way in which Ally McCoist's side failed to make a breakthrough in this third qualifying round tie leaves them a huge task in the return leg on 3 August, with thoughts of making the group stages a long way off.
The Greens gained five council seats at this May's local elections in England but the party has failed to make a breakthrough, except in Brighton and a handful of other areas in England.
President Obama recently wrapped up a meeting in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, where the leaders once again failed to make a breakthrough on their deadlock in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
The third party that promised so much, the Liberal Democrats, has failed to make a breakthrough, and yet it must decide which party to support in office -- and with a poor mandate for so important a decision.
Douglas Carswell has held Clacton for UKIP and it could end up in third place in the national vote share but the party failed to make a breakthrough elsewhere, with fellow defector Mark Reckless losing his seat.
