Sentence examples for safeguards failed from inspiring English sources

Institutional safeguards failed to stop the recent Wall Street collapse of our economy because of perverse incentives and regulatory decay.

He said it was too soon to know what caused the blackout or why New York's safeguards failed to stop the state's grid from crashing.

That normal newspaper safeguards failed in this case, and that so many little warning signs never caused anyone to hold the story for more reporting, is surprising and sobering.

Sometimes our editing safeguards fail us under the press of deadline, as they did here.

In relying on 20th-century institutions to respond to 21st-century systems, the danger is that safeguards fail to balance an activity's risks with its potential benefits.

He did not drop his documents from a helicopter, and neither did the reporters, who are often there when what Brooks might regard as less crass safeguards fail.

Aram Nerguizian: The U.S. is increasingly concerned about the potential use of Syria's chemical weapons against opposition forces and civilians, their lethality should safeguards fail, and concerns about proliferation should they fall into the hands of opposition fighters that include anti-U.S. jihadi groups.

They may no longer be seeking a guarantee of 100% protection, but they do want a 100% guarantee that they won't be left in the dark if your safeguards fail.

In this case, the statutory safeguard failed, and the state court was left to ensure that the Eighth Amendment prohibition on grossly disproportionate sentences was met.

In the case of this tragic incident, that safeguard failed.

"At no time have we ever done anything which we believe would compromise the level of safety required for the safe operation of our attractions". Disneyland did not specify what safeguards are in place to ensure that workers follow maintenance procedures and if those safeguards also failed.