Sentence examples for failings to accept from inspiring English sources

"The very least we can expect and ask Enda Kenny, as the leader of the Irish Republic, is to acknowledge the failings, to accept the failings and to apologise for those failings, not on his own behalf, but on behalf of previous governments and on behalf of the Irish state".

In his letter, reported first in the Times, Ashley criticised the committee for failing to accept his invitation to Shirebrook.

Khan said he thought the government had "missed a trick" in failing to accept his kind offer.

Ms Homer had been criticised for failing to accept in person a Wooden Spoon award, voted by newspaper readers,  for the organisation with the worst customer service.

She was charged with regaining the trust of investors, who had attacked the company's board for failing to accept Microsoft's bid.

Developing and developed nations each accuse the other of failing to accept a reasonable share of the burden of reducing carbon emissions.

Nothing's more damaging to the EU than failing to accept that it needs to deal with problems like free movement abuse.

One of the biggest mistakes investors make, he said, is failing to accept that there are often no good investments available.

New governments say these tactics are the last refuge of badly behaved parties who are just cranky and failing to accept the new government's undeniable mandate.

She accused feminists of failing to "accept the difference between male and female or the difference between common courtesy and sexism," telling them to either "celebrate" the differences" or "just get over them".

"I hold the commissioner less accountable for implementations not working than I hold him accountable for failing to accept that fact and making the significant course corrections that could right this ship," Mr. Iannuzzi said.