Sentence examples for had its failings from inspiring English sources

"The benchmark system had its failings," said Nicholas Walters, a spokesman for the World Steel Association in Brussels.

However, the concept of large scale socialist housing estates and their broad green open spaces had its failings and shortcomings, too, manifested mainly by the deficiencies in maintenance, loss of control, or safety.

China has had its "failing strongman" moments — at least twice, Dr. Hsiao said, pointing to the final years of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.

Acer doesn't really need to do anything more than tout this battery accomplishment if it wants to attract buyers: It may have its failings, but a marathon powerhouse like this is enough to sway many a buyer's decision in its favor, at least when compared to the general field of current Chromebooks.

DCPS has its failings, she said, but so do charter schools and private schools that take vouchers.

Looking at the way voters respond to different kinds of questions, the authors suggest that while direct democracy has its failings, the flaws do not necessarily lie with citizens being "duped," nor with voters approving propositions they do not want or do not understand at some basic level.

Ten years after Katrina, New Orleans' levee system has been rebuilt and reinvented — as has its failing school system.

One big advantage that venture had: its business was failing.

It's simply not enough to say, as the manifesto does, that the US has "its problems and failings" like other nations.

While OLPC itself had its own (well documented) failings, the model has nonetheless inspired many companies to integrate profit and social impact directly.

To be sure, each team had its own reason for failing.