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211, European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies.

212, The wooden bridge failed to hold and crashed into the river below.

213, I shudder to think what my parents will say when I tell them I've failed my exams.

214, A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest and the death of a son.

215, His mother flung up her hands in despair when the boy failed yet another examination.

216, He failed to meet last Friday's deadline for repayment of a 114m loan.

217, The ship, whose engine had failed, is now safely under tow.

218, The government has signally failed to deal with the problem.

219, Sales last month failed to add to the company's bottom line.

220, The strictures of the United Nations have failed to have any effect on the warring factions.

221, Samir failed to progress beyond this first step on the ladder.

222, What I failed to appreciate was the distance between the two cities.

223, The team created several clear chances but failed to score.

224, They failed in all their attempts to climb the mountain.

225, She is famous for her introspective songs about failed relationships.

226, Lettie had never yet failed to return from town without some special treat for him.

227, Banking regulators failed to clamp down until earlier this month.

228, The Van Gogh failed to reach its reserve and was withdrawn.

229, No system has failed as comprehensively as the prison system.

230, The president vetoed the bill,(http://sentencedict.com/failed.html) and the Senate failed by a single vote to override his veto.

231, Colleagues became suspicious when he failed to report for duty.

232, She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.

233, It was not unusual for the bank to involved in litigation over failed companies.

234, It is a tribute to his determination over his 22 years that he has achieved where so many before him have failed.

235, Their suspicions were further fuelled when both men failed to turn up to the appointment.

236, You have not failed until you quit trying. Gordon B. Hinckley 

237, Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared. Ovid 

238, I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan 

239, If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know. Thomas Wolfe 

240, All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. William Faulkner