Sentence examples for failing figures from inspiring English sources

Marginal and failing figures recur in Lessing's work: she singles out those who rebel against the system, those who are sinking through financial loss, those whose resistance (political or social) leads to conflict and isolation, those in mental breakdown.

With our economy and schools failing, George Pataki figures he can't defend his record, so he attacks me instead.

Figure 4 represents the analytic signal phase obtained by calculating the Hilbert transform of the spectrum module of the stator current, when the machine operates with a healthy rotor Figure 4(a) and a failing rotor Figure 4(b).

It warns that homelessness in England is much worse than headline figures show, with official figures failing to capture the number of people who are given informal help by authorities.

Honorable mention to Ron Wilson for failing to figure out any adjustments to contain Morrow.

"Santos-Dumont, the aviator, is kind of the artist, trying, failing, thinking, figuring it out," is how museum director, Michael Govan, interprets the new work.

But as people on the fast track approach the top, failing to figure out what they are doing wrong can endanger their careers.

The man behind her kept shouting into his mobile phone as he was trying, and failing, to figure out where else he could get his kit.

Many suppliers delayed investing and numerous obstacles emerged, including intellectual property battles, confrontations with privacy advocates and vendors failing to figure out ways to cut tag and reader costs as quickly as expected.

Given that private insurers spend around fifteen per cent of their budgets on administration much of it devoted to keeping the sick off the rolls and, failing that, figuring out ways to avoid paying their medical bills while Medicare spends two per cent, it ought to be an interesting and instructive contest.

Given that private insurers spend around fifteen per cent of their budgets on administration — much of it devoted to keeping the sick off the rolls and, failing that, figuring out ways to avoid paying their medical bills — while Medicare spends two per cent, it ought to be an interesting and instructive contest.