Sentence examples for this is a failure from inspiring English sources

"This is a failure," he stressed.

And this is a failure".

"This is a failure on every level.

In part this is a failure of government spending.

This is a failure of decency and good sense.

"And I don't know that this is a failure.

Type-1 malfunction: this is a failure-to-fire (FTF) malfunction.

This was a failure in decision-making.

This was a failure of corporate governance.

This was a failure of police leadership.

In part, this was a failure of statistical modelling.