• The efficiency of these can be measured, but it will be found wanting.

    FORBES: The Efficient Frontier

  • Another concern is that the accuracy and quality of the data will be found wanting (which is a problem for business as well as for the public sector).

    ECONOMIST: Governments are letting in the light

  • "We will not be found wanting, " Fuhri concluded.

    BBC: Fifa medical chief 'satisfied'

  • Ian Paisley's declaration since that his party "will not be found wanting" if republicans, in his words, "complete the transition to democracy and the rule of law", has been welcomed by pro-agreement politicians but it has rocked sections of his party and his traditional supporters.

    BBC: Profile: Ian Paisley

  • Even on this score, the plan that finally emerged from the Senate Finance Committee on October 13th looks incomplete (by 2019, 25m people are expected to remain uninsured), is likely to cost much more than has been claimed, and is paid for with hypothetical savings that are sure to be found wanting.

    ECONOMIST: American health care

  • Ms Booth said the government would be found "wanting" in areas such as juvenile justice, education, asylum seekers and refugees when monitoring body the Committee on the Rights of the Child met in October to evaluate how Britain was implementing the Convention.

    BBC: Cherie calls for children's commissioner

  • Research firm Cerulli Associates has found "investors wanting to be more involved coming out of the downturn, " says analyst Roger Stamper.

    WSJ: A New Era for Do-It-Yourself Investing

  • While loitering on the site, I found legal scholars wanting me to pretend to be a juror on a murder trial, so they could gauge how persuasive (or flimsy) certain kinds of testimony might be.

    FORBES: What's America Thinking? Amazon And Qualtrics Will Tell You, Dirt Cheap

  • One idea that he is already floating is whether to allow pay to be cut if an officer - chief or constable - is found wanting.

    BBC: Analysis: Can police pay be cut?

  • You may think a plan this sweeping would be welcomed at a time when the old order had been found so wanting.

    ECONOMIST: Financial regulation

  • And she went on to say that project management and contracting skills "gained by officials must now be deployed elsewhere in the civil service where these skills have often been found wanting in the past".

    BBC: London 2012 Olympic legacy 'needs leadership'

  • Students found pregnant and wanting to carry on with their studies had to be home-schooled, the rules said.

    BBC: US school ends classroom ban on pregnant students

  • You specifically ruled out this in exemptions for savings and investment income was clearly stated and now you're sending emails saying, which you're not announcing publicly, we found this out under freedom of information, that you are wanting to look at what money would be raised by this means.

    BBC: John Swinney interview transcript

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