Sentence examples for guilty of a failure from inspiring English sources

General McChrystal was guilty of a "failure of followership", argues Barbara Kellerman, a professor of public leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School.

And the fellow-student who picked up the dropped card &, instead of mailing it, handed it to the local mimeographer seems guilty of a failure of gallantry.

He said later, "I was guilty of a failure of vigilance that, since I sit in this chair where the buck stops, I should have prevented".

In starting a relationship with Mia Farrow's adopted teenage daughter, Allen was guilty of "a failure to act as a responsible parent and adult".

And at one point Mr O'Neill quotes Mr Rumsfeld as saying it was not his aim to get rid of Saddam.Mr O'Neill's other big charge is that the president is guilty of a failure of leadership.

The N.C.A.A. said Oklahoma was guilty of a "failure to monitor" the employment of the players.Oklahoma's president, David Boren, said the university would appeal the N.C.A.A.'s finding and the ruling that it must erase the victories.

In February, a jury found Sekou not guilty of a failure-to-obey charge in less than 20 minutes.

Certainly, what these stumbling economies are guilty of is a failure to learn from Singapore, a system whose managed democracy is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and which has successfully avoided the sort of interest group sclerosis and corruption that is holding back Brazil, for example.

Cameron thinks that Lansley is guilty of a spectacular failure of communication.

In 2012 US prosecutors said HSBC was guilty of a "blatant failure" to implement anti-money laundering controls and wilfully flouted US sanctions.

But those who are carping about his age, and contrasting it to the late eighties and early nineties when the likes of Jonathan Davies and Scott Quinnell came north much closer to the peak of their careers, are guilty of a similar failure to grasp reality.