Sentence examples for failing first from inspiring English sources

In my Venezuelan years, I had twice failed to conquer the falls, failing first because there wasn't enough water in the December river to make it over the rapids, and second time round because a nasty bout of hepatitis left me too weak for the rigours of the expedition.

And so the audition process is tough, with about half of prospective presenters failing first time.

In his words: "I actually succeeded in failing first year arts, which any moderately intelligent amoeba could have passed".

From Richie McCaw's All Blacks in the World Cup to Toulon, Munster, Leinster and Leicester in Europe, they succeeded by failing first.

Duncan Cheatle, founder of the influential Supper Club and technology entrepreneur, says it is "almost impossible" to deliver a really impressive technology project without failing first.

There was simply no way you could transport a heart from a remote camp in Albania to a hospital in Turkey, and then complete a lengthy operation, without the heart failing first.

And in a reference to failing third graders, he told a radio audience: "Yes, they may cry a little bit.

B1 Mayor Defends School Decision Mayor Bloomberg defended his administration's plans to hold back failing third graders, shifting the blame for failing students away from the children and toward their parents.

"Parents have a responsibility," Mr. Bloomberg said during a visit to one of 150 city schools dedicated to tutoring failing third graders during spring break.

A graphic example of his disdain for process was on display in 2004 when his plan to end "social promotion" for failing third graders in public schools ran into trouble.

Mr Sarkozy suspected they had played a part in dirty tricks such as leaks about his failing second marriage in 2005 and the Clearstream scandal, an attempt to smear Mr Sarkozy as financially corrupt in 2004.