Sentence examples for had failed to prepare from inspiring English sources

The staff had failed to prepare the family.

The court ruled that the state had failed to prepare the soldiers properly or to protect them.

But experts said officials had not learned from earlier hurricanes and had failed to prepare for disaster, which magnified the losses this time.

Mr. Burkle argued that the Riggio family had failed to prepare Barnes & Noble for digital books and had used the company to profit at shareholders' expense.

That level of knowledge was clearly lacking in the Kiwis, whose coach Mark Hager admitted last night that he had failed to prepare adequately.

The lawsuit asserted that the hospital and its parent, Tenet Healthcare, had failed to prepare for and respond sufficiently to a foreseeable disaster.

The mullahs have failed to prepare their country for the modern world.

To adapt a maxim, it appears that the banks have failed to prepare because they are not prepared to fail.

Having failed to prepare, Duckenfield admitted 26 years later that he also failed profoundly at the match itself.

Some American officials say the new Turkish government has failed to prepare its public for a war.

Nothing, it seems to me, unless it means we have failed to prepare for the outcome that's vastly more probable.