Sentence examples for failing the issue from inspiring English sources

To address the succession crisis and preclude a Catholic restoration, the Parliament of England enacted the Act of Settlement 1701, which provided that, failing the issue of Anne and of William III by any future marriage, the Crown of England and Ireland would go to Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and her Protestant descendants.

Despite overwhelming evidence that the tests were failing, the very issue of welfare reforms is so politically charged that no one had any desire to admit it was wrong.

That means we're in some sense failing them". The issue has stirred passions in this otherwise tranquil town off Interstate 81 that is the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson.

When Proposition 98 is defeated June 3 (and it will be because we've made a lot of mistakes in this state but we're not that stupid) a lot of us will remember Barbara Boxer failing the people on this issue.

The penalties on businesses failing to issue the forms or provide them to payees also go up after 2010.

This is not a case where, having considered the issues, the appeals court abused its discretion by failing to issue the writ.

Indian Agent Samuel Jarvis, appointed in 1837, ignored the Mississaugas, failing to issue them the annual reports on their trust funds and failing to respond to letters.

They have been charging the wrong rates, failing to issue receipts (the only proof of payment) or not accepting money.

We agree and therefore conclude that Ross had cause for failing to raise the issue at that time.

Prosecutors and judges engage in cognitive dissonance — on the one hand understanding that police lie; on the other, failing to address the issue in any meaningful way.

Many accused the government of silencing the profession by not providing a full consultation and failing to debate the issue fully in parliament.