Sentence examples for problems or failing from inspiring English sources

Students learned from civilian instructors, were closely monitored (a third flunked out because of behavior problems or failing grades) and theoretically could free up police officers from desk jobs.

But that's no excuse for remaining silent about this growing problem, or failing to champion reform.

The pair do not argue for a reduction in aid - "the cash can still do a lot of good" - but suggest the focus should turn to larger, structural problems - such as corrupt or failing institutions - rather than the piecemeal allocation of aid.

Despite improvements in water quality since the passage of the Clean Water Act in the 1970s, the group said, 21 percent of its water samples had unacceptable levels of bacteria because of problems like discharges from aging or failing sewage treatment plants, overflows caused by rain and poor maintenance of septic systems.

|| Includes all health conditions included in the NHIS except weak or failing kidney, severe vision problems, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and anxiety or depression.

Addiction is a medical problem, not a criminal problem or moral failing.

Whether it was New Labour broadly maintaining Thatcherism or Ed Miliband diagnosing problems but failing to cure them, the party never managed to offer a substantial alternative to the politics of the right.

Toyota has compounded these problems by failing to quickly, candidly or fully own up.

CIs talked about the problems of failing to engage PPI contributors fully or early enough to inform changes in study design, and 'under-utilising' (CI 101) PPI contributors by not involving them in the planning stages, thereby making PPI less thorough or, as one informant noted, less 'robust' (CI 101).

Criminologists say it is unclear what motivates a child abductor to file a tax return: confusion, financial desperation for a refund or an attempt to avoid compounding their criminal problems by failing to pay taxes.

Similarly, many societies have adopted creative solutions to problems while failing to recognize their inventors, especially when these are women or members of minority groups.