Sentence examples for there were some failings from inspiring English sources

Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley said the force acknowledged "there were some failings".

There was also a consensus that there were some failings in reviewing the history of this topic, and I agree that an improved review is needed (apparently key citations are missing).

There are some failings with the performance of this car.

"Project Crocodile was held up as a poster child for crocodile conservation, but with the benefit of hindsight there were some fundamental failings," says Colin Stevenson, a leading Gharial expert, and the author of one of the International Zoo Yearbook papers.

"When you argue, there are some things you are failing to see.

Here he is contemplating his failings: "There are some things that are quick about me... like when someone insults me, I quickly feel bad about myself".

The verdict of Carol Midgley in the Times was largely positive for the new book, which centres on a writer's trip to Athens: "It is a rich, thoughtful read … There are some profound insights into human failings and frailty, into lack of self-awareness, though almost every character is in some way irritating, which makes it hard to care much about them".

In his report Sir Robert Francis QC has found there were failings from the top to the bottom of the NHS.

However, there are some encouraging ways of overcoming these failings and these options can be enhanced by adopting a multidisciplinary approach.

"While there are some wonderful teaching schools," he told me recently, "there are some that place students at failing schools with failing teachers to learn how to teach.

There are some wonderfully good schools in this country, and there are some schools that are failing bright kids.