Sentence examples for on a failure from inspiring English sources

"Months spent on a failure is interesting.

The plot of The Absence of War centres on a failure of eloquence.

Others blamed the defeat on a failure to communicate the party's achievements in their 10 years in power.

But he focuses most of his attention on a failure of leadership among local councillors and other public servants.

Khodorkovsky's lawyers maintain that the charges are absurd and based on a failure to understand normal business practices.

He places some of the blame for the meltdown in the credit markets on a failure of government oversight.

It seems outrageous that an artistic director should blame the failure of a play on a failure in the audience.

Others blamed the defeat on a failure to communicate the party's achievements during 10 years in power.

The Bush Administration's war on terror, he said, was a gigantic misunderstanding based on a failure to communicate.

We can blame overeating, overspending, undersaving and the subprime mortgage mess on a failure of self-control.

The panel proposed a system based in part on a failure to "develop a coherent sense of self or identity".