Sentence examples for failing to seize from inspiring English sources

But they retreated empty-handed, failing to seize Mr. Abdikadir or the potential trove of intelligence he may possess.

He accused President Clinton and Mr. Gore of failing to seize the opportunity to reshape the system.

Greg Barker, the Conservative former minister who launched it, blames the Big Six energy companies for failing to seize the opportunity provided by the scheme.

This was about Democrats failing to seize an opportunity to do the right thing and at the same time draw a sharp distinction between themselves and the Republicans.

We should not compound three years of failure, by failing to seize the moment, even if that moment is not of our making.

agents also used "the tactic of failing to seize firearms despite having a sufficient legal basis to do so" in the hope of identifying more dangerous criminals.

The gates used by dams to regulate water flow are vulnerable to a Catch-22: dam operators are reluctant to raise the gates, which resemble king-size garage doors, fearing they will seize up, but failing to move them allows gears to rust and become inoperable.

"We could never have entered this place before," said Mohadin Krekshi, who runs a legal translation agency and said he lost his government job 42 years ago, after Colonel Qaddafi seized power, for failing to declare allegiance to him.

In a phone call with the US secretary of state, John Kerry, on Sunday, Lavrov accused the opposition of seizing power and failing to abide by the peace deal thrashed out on Friday.

German authorities charged him thousands of dollars after he abandoned a pet monkey that they seized from him for failing to have proper vaccination papers.

He was also charged thousands of dollars by German authorities after he abandoned a pet monkey that they seized from him for failing to have proper vaccination papers.