Sentence examples for failed to mount the challenge from inspiring English sources

Labor Party leader Ed Miliband looked similarly worn out after his party failed to mount the challenge many pollsters thought it would.

For several decades the left has failed to mount a challenge to Thatcher's ambition that "the economy is the means, the goal is to remake the soul".

The question remaining, however, is whether the district court correctly determined that BN failed to mount a substantial challenge to the validity of the claims in the '411 patent.

The team subsequently failed to mount a title challenge in the following two seasons, 1947 48 and 1948 49, finishing 15th and 11th respectively.

Hibs continued to control much of the game after the break and the Blue Brazil failed to mount a serious challenge with Kenneth Adamson firing over the bar from their best chance.

He scored 14 goals in the 1951 52 season as Brighton narrowly failed to mount a successful challenge to Plymouth Argyle for the title, "was again the star of the side", and "was thought by many to be the most stylish inside-forward to play for the Albion".

But in 1994, after the death of the party leader John Smith prompted a struggle for succession, Mr. Cook failed to mount a serious challenge to the telegenic and media-savvy Mr. Blair.

But in 1994, after the death of the party's leader John Smith prompted a struggle for succession, Mr. Cook failed to mount a serious challenge to the telegenic and media-savvy Mr. Blair.

Northern Ireland's big hopes, Graeme McDowell (-4) and Rory McIlroy (-3) failed to mount a serious challenge for the title.

They won a further League Cup in 2003, but failed to mount a title challenge in the two seasons that followed.

The Brazil playmaker endured a mixed first season in Serie A last term as the Rossoneri failed to mount a serious challenge to an all-conquering Inter side which won the Scudetto for a fourth consecutive time.