Sentence examples for would fail before from inspiring English sources

"We knew before the race the brakes would fail before halfway, and they did," he said.

Prasetyo scoffed at legal appeals and predicted they would fail before they were heard.

The engine would fail before fuel efficiency became a real problem".

He said that the only way to find such disruptive new technology was to pour large sums of money at the problem, with the clear understanding that any number of ventures would fail before the eureka moment arrived.

Proponents of Proposition 8 expressed disappointment, but said they were not surprised, given the nature of the Ninth Circuit, which they view as liberal, and predicted the ruling would fail before the Supreme Court.

The official, Electra Yourke of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, wrote that she was worried that a formal process known as conciliation would fail before it even got started.

Until Sept. 11, that provision was exercised only when authorities feared that witnesses would fail to appear before a grand jury, lawyers say.

The two countries are offering Iceland sweeter terms after President Olafur R. Grimsson moved to block a previous agreement in early January, saying the measure should be submitted to a national referendum, in spite of -- or perhaps because of -- polls showing the debt deal would fail if put before voters.

The two countries are offering the tiny island nation sweeter terms after President Olafur R. Grimsson moved to block a previous agreement in early January, saying the measure should be submitted to a national referendum, in spite of — or perhaps because of — polls showing the debt deal would fail if put before voters.

He's looking for four intangibles: smart, curious, willing to death-march ("there has to be something in their background that indicates that they just will die before they would fail to complete something to perfection") and some spark of irreverence ("because it's in that fertile conversation of disagreement where the best ideas come, or at least the best ideas get tested").

When it launch earlier this year, all we heard about was how it would fail because others had tried this before and failed.