Sentence examples for present failings from inspiring English sources
The ANC needs to trade on its heroic past to conceal its present failings, he added.
Admittedly, there have been some serious problems of late, but past and present failings do not add up to a case against the department as such.
The pope doesn't hit the right note on every issue, of course, and his statement – progressive though it may be – certainly doesn't absolve the Catholic church of all its past and present failings.
Still, no amount of past achievement should blind one to a writer's present failings and it has to be said that Roth's new novel is, by his standards, dismayingly poor.
Since the publication of "The Tin Drum" in 1959 turned him into a household name at the age of 32, he has gone out of his way to lecture, even hector, his fellow Germans on their past and present failings.
"No amount of past achievement should blind one to a writer's present failings, and it has to be said that Roth's new novel is, by his standards, dismayingly poor," William Skidelsky said in the Observer.
Constantly aiming higher and looking ahead also means we miss out on the present, failing to notice and reward ourselves for the smaller steps that ultimately lead us towards bigger and better things.
At present, failing to lard their speeches with God and greatness can get them into serious trouble.When Barack Obama visited France last year a British reporter asked the president whether he believed in American exceptionalism.
He has done enough to deserve a dignity and respect that we often forget in the rush to excoriate present day failings for social media bonus points.
It is always preferable to design a facility so that hazards are not present, or, failing that, to ensure that workers cannot be exposed to the hazards.
Moreover, the development of new animal feed products from next generation GM plants, unauthorized and antibiotic resistance gene-free transgenics, will lead to the present techniques failing to satisfy in the upcoming years.
