Sentence examples for failure to question from inspiring English sources

Mr. Clinton has spoken ruefully of his failure to question his advisers vigorously in Somalia and Bosnia early in his term.

The Sunday Times's Lucy Atkins was frustrated by other characters' failure to question Anna, but found the prose "stirring and tender, her period setting alive".

He should have known better, and his failure to question the potential consequences of his decisions seems to have cost him his job.

And, perhaps most compelling, the failure to question the legitimacy of the related-party transactions for which so many internal controls were required.

In a report on the investigation, he cited Commander Lippold's failure to question "uncertainties" he had about the refueling facility in Aden, for instance, but he concluded that his lapses "do not rise to the level of punitive action".

Instead, she paused for a few seconds and said that it's definitely been the New York Times' coverage leading up to the Iraq War and the failure to question the weapons of mass destruction.

Missing responses to smoking and alcohol questions were probably due to participants' failure to follow question routing rather than a reluctance to answer.

"Last year, their failure to answer questions could have been due to genuine ignorance – now it looks like deliberate obfuscation.

Those stopped have no right to maintain their silence, and failure to answer questions can be a criminal offence.

This is lazy, easy journalism and, as Mr. Krugman states, "is as serious a journalistic betrayal as the failure to raise questions about the rush to invade Iraq".

Their failure to answer questions openly and honestly and provide new information may prove to be fatal for their future at News Corp.