1.   Elsewhere, when governments had failed to provide schools, religious groups often moved into the vacuum.

2.   Having raised expectations, the government failed to live up to its promises.

3.   Herrera knew that if his government failed to put down the revolt, it would spread to outlying areas.

4.   Hills points out that the government has failed in its stated aim of reducing the level of taxation.

5.   Inevitably, therefore, the government fails to deliver the goods as demanded, as expected, and sometimes even as promised.

6.   No government can fail a confidence vote without suspicion that parties were bought by the opposition.

7.   Once again, the government has failed to honour its promises.

8.   Successive governments have failed to tackle the problem of international debt.

9.   The government are failing in their duty to protect people.

10.   The government failed to honour its obligations under the terms of the agreement.