Sentence examples for failed to solidify from inspiring English sources

England, which leads Group G on goal difference, came from two goals behind for a 2-2 tie at home against Switzerland, but it failed to solidify its chances of making next year's finals in Poland and Ukraine.

Speaking on Friday in Washington, where he is visiting, President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia offered his glummest assessment yet of the Kyrgyz crisis, saying that the country was facing "degradation and, unfortunately and very likely, disintegration" if the referendum failed to solidify the government's control.

The Bush Administration formally dismissed an application by AMR's American Airlines and British Airways to tighten their transatlantic ties; it's the second time in four years that the two carriers failed to solidify the deal.

8 We found that 1 mM was the maximum TMZ concentration suitable for our experiments, because at higher concentrations the drug failed to dissolve completely and the FGS failed to solidify sufficiently.

If Bashar al-Assad fails to solidify his authority or becomes a weak titular president, he may not be able to guarantee his fellow Alawites a continuation of the privileges they enjoyed during his father's 30-year reign.

Neck bones may be fused together, for example, or bones in the lower back may fail to solidify.

Still, some critics said the auction failed to promote competition, as it solidified the positions of AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the two biggest carriers, who won a majority of the licenses.

The British introduction in 1820 of some 3,500 English-speaking settlers between the Afrikaner settlers and the Xhosa failed to establish an effective buffer settlement, but it did solidify British control over the colony.

He adds: "They offered little or no support and were consistently obstructive with their licensing policy, and rather than channelling the extra resources and solidifying the area's reputation, they failed to sustain and protect it.

Having failed to convince the majority of Russians to join him in shirtless horse-riding, Vladimir Putin now wants to solidify Russian culture with a national reading list.

After the Wii U failed to make itself comprehended by consumers, the company was left scrambling while Sony and Microsoft solidified their biumvirate in the gaming world.