Sentence examples for if not fail from inspiring English sources

In other words, was a factor behind his appointment the expectation that he would, if not fail, not be seen to succeed?

The Iraqi state is a fragile, if not failed, state and in some areas (including those outside Isis-controlled territory) it is no longer the principal provider of basic services and security.

And, if my memory does not fail, we were into the Rolling Stones before anyone else, too.

"I probably would not have become a minister if I had not failed," she says.

You don't learn if you don't fail.

"I could fail; if you don't fail, you're probably not an artist".

"Still, it's not science if you don't fail now and then.

"If things don't fail," he said, "it means we are not taking enough risk".

It will probably be four to six years until the crop matures (if it doesn't fail), Ms. Holmes said.

"If you don't fail, you haven't tried hard enough," says Pishevar.

If you don't fail at your job, you're not trying new things and you're not learning.