Sentence examples for failing to devise from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush, in turn, has accused Mr. Gore and the Clinton administration of failing to devise a coherent domestic energy policy and relying too much on foreign oil.

It was censured for failing to devise and implement a sustained, effective biocide control programme for a cooling tower on its site.

Maybe you were to blame, but it is far likelier to have been the designer's fault for failing to devise a way of enabling you to operate the device easily.

In his six-year tenure, he came under strong criticism for failing to devise an effective counter terrorism approach even after the government gave him complete authority to do so.

Talking Heads and Eno originally agreed to credit all songs in alphabetical order to "David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth" after failing to devise an accurate mathematical formula for the split, but the album was released with the credits "David Byrne, Brian Eno, Talking Heads".

Other negligent behaviors include failing to meet important deadlines, failing to prepare for trial, and failing to follow court orders.

The cease-fire under discussion is more formal than the one that broke down late last month, when each side accused the other of failing to live up to its terms, and in some ways seems devised to overcome the last one's weaknesses.

The RF united behind Field after Sandys wrote him a terse letter warning him of the likely Commonwealth reaction to a declaration of independence, but the Prime Minister then lost his party's confidence by failing to pursue a possible route to at least de facto independence devised by Desmond Lardner-Burke, a lawyer and RF MP for Gwelo.

Philippe Lamberts, the Belgian Green MEP who helped devise the restrictions, said it was clear the UK was failing to implement EU law and accused the coalition of having no interest in halting "absurd remuneration packages".

Judge Prost criticized the majority for failing to inquire whether the asserted claims included an "inventive concept" and improperly devising a new approach to evaluate patent eligiblity, i.e. a "manifestly evident" approach.

The archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, who will retire next month, has spent much of his 10 years as the senior bishop of the Church of England and symbolic head of the Anglican Communion devising complex compromises intended to prevent a schism, but has acknowledged failing to accomplish a lasting reconciliation.