Sentence examples for failed to operate properly from inspiring English sources

But the system failed to operate properly from the start.

At other polling places, the scanners failed to operate properly when they were switched on, forcing voters to wait while election workers struggled to get the devices going.

Veteran Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko took control of the Soyuz capsule for the final stretch to the station after the automatic docking system failed to operate properly.

Independent investigations and the bank's own internal inquires into the scandal have found that its managers and control systems failed to operate properly and ignored warnings.

Independent investigations and the bank's own internal inquiries into the scandal have found that its managers and control systems failed to operate properly and ignored warnings.

After noting that the base of one of the warning units was cracked and bent, the officer concluded that the crossing gate failed "to operate properly," according to a police report.

However on the big DATE his equipment failed to operate.

Turret Two's sprinkler system failed to operate automatically.

• June Blacker received more than £100,000 for excruciating pain suffered on the operating table after an anaesthetic failed to work properly.

And when some machines failed to work properly, poll workers seemed unsure of how to improvise.

The substance Rhoca-Gil was used to attempt fix the leakages, but failed to work properly.