Sentence examples for had failed to authorize from inspiring English sources

To Jack Freund, executive vice president of the Rent Stabilization Association, a landlord group, the more important finding was that even though the price index had climbed close to 25percentt in the last two years, the board had failed to authorize more than a 7.5percentt rise.

Since 2003, Republican- and Democratic-controlled Congresses have failed to authorize the department's spending, though the House Homeland Security Committee has passed several bills over the years.

And, having failed to authorize military force against Syria, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are implementing plans to introduce a war resolution against Iran.

The audit said that the Department of Defense had failed to account adequately for $8.7 billion of the $9.1 billion it received from 2004 to 2007 from a fund authorized by the United Nations to redistribute Iraq's oil revenue.

Mr. Jonas, the company's lawyer, said the government had failed to prove that foreign workers on business visitor visas, known as B-1, were doing any work that was not authorized under their visas.

They had failed to launch.

The lock, though, had failed to catch.

The Deaniacs had failed to show up.

The government has failed to demonstrate that the Force Resolution authorizes the detention complained of here even on the facts the government claims.

This development follows years in which Congress has failed to appropriate the full funding they themselves have authorized for domestic TB prevention and treatment.

Both not only voted to authorize President Bush's irrational invasion of Iraq but also have failed to apply those lessons to the real challenges we face, particularly concerning Iran.