If you fail to stop out-of-control regulators, voters will hold you accountable.

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The formidable opening pair of Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar was broken when the languid Ganguly assumed Panesar would fail to stop a Tendulkar drive in the third over and turned without looking to set off for a second run.

BBC: England begin with resounding win

Others have banded together to try to stop operations that fail to meet the international standard.

CNN: Warning -- this garbage is dangerous

Even on the (optimistic) assumption that the police try their best, efforts to stop deforestation may fail unless it becomes more profitable for people who control the forest to leave trees intact than it is to cut them down.

ECONOMIST: Global consensus on climate change is maddeningly elusive

Then there will be no more banks that are too big to fail, so the bailouts will stop.

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Just like accidents, leaks are bound to happen and attempts to stop the traffic will fail, says Mr Schneier, the security expert.

ECONOMIST: Companies and information

The only way that diplomacy will succeed in convincing the Iranians to turn away from their nuclear program is if they believe, without a doubt, that if they fail to take those steps diplomatically, the United States will take military action to stop their nuclear program.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

If the air brakes on a semi truck fail, the brakes are applied, bringing the truck to a stop.

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If you stop short of accomplishing this step you will not only fail to move forward strategically, you will also crush the expectations raised in the previous steps.

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When contractors fail to perform or the job they are doing is completed, the government can simply stop using them.

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