Sentence examples for whose failing from inspiring English sources
The phrase "whose failing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to someone or something that is experiencing a failure or shortcoming, often in a possessive context. Example: "The project was delayed due to a lack of resources, whose failing ultimately fell on the management team."
A pause for definitions: Hemodialysis, which filters the blood of people whose failing kidneys can no longer perform that function, requires an external device to remove toxins.
Michael Bryant was a terrific Polonius at the National in 1989 – one whose failing powers were demonstrated by a sudden aphasic attack.
The other inspiration was a less happy one: a relative of the same generation whose failing mental acuity left him at the mercy of the telephone swindlers who prey on older people, especially those with cognitive impairments like Alzheimer's.
The British government has been accused of being "deceitful" and dodging its legal responsibilities to a group of refugees whose failing boats washed ashore in a British military zone on Cyprus late last year.
Her arrest also came as another blow to the fight for better education for the children of Roosevelt, whose failing public schools were placed under the control of the State Board of Regents five years ago.
Alison Goodwin Schiff New York, Aug. 1, 2007 To the Editor: The On Education column featuring a teacher whose failing grade of a student was reversed by a principal did not come at all as a shock to me.
Nor any of the other continents whose failings became his subject over the following years.
It all amounts to a greater role for regulators, whose failings were apparent in the last crisis.
It was Citigroup's primary regulator, though it shared the duties with other regulators whose failings were also cited.
The BBC will face criticism for its reluctance to hold to account the highly paid executives whose failings brought about the scandal.
Rather than witch hunts, they are merely long-overdue attempts to clean up an out-of-control seminary system whose failings are well documented and painfully visible.
