Sentence examples for it was falling behind from inspiring English sources

On the eve of a huge strike by public sector workers to protest austerity measures, the British government said Tuesday that it was falling behind with its deficit reduction plan and that the measures would drag on for two more years.

Shane Harris, author of The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State, said the NSA had a crisis in the late 1990s when it realised communication was increasingly digital and it was falling behind in its powers to track that data.

While the company was paying the campaign expenses, it was falling behind on its taxes and payments to creditors.

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In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the United States became alarmed that it was falling behind in the space race.

In March 2008, Apple discovered that it was falling behind in the fight against counterfeiters, so it assembled what amounts to the Seal Team Six of global manufacturing: the men who had protected Viagra.

For consumers, Mr. Findlay said, that means "the originator would be much more willing to negotiate" or offer lower rates, especially if it is falling behind on its loan origination.

The Vatican knows it is falling behind in the public-relations war.

This isn't just falling short, it's falling behind," said Katie Schmuecker, a programme manager at JRF. "We can't simply rely on wages improving as the economy recovers to solve the problem". The research, carried out by Loughborough University, found that the cost of a minimum basket of goods was up 28% since 2008, higher than the official inflation rate of 19%.

Still, Russia is a contentious country when it comes to intellectual property: on the one hand, it's notorious for being one of the worst offenders when it comes to digital piracy and violating copyright rules; on the other, you can see from the numbers above that it's falling behind in the wider intellectual property and patent race.

Africa was falling behind and it was not acceptable".