1.   Negotiations failed to resolve the disagreements.

2.   The negotiations failed to achieve any concrete results.

3.   Where negotiation fails, they must fall back on the law.

4.   Negotiations failed to forestall the conflict.

5.   Reports in April suggested, however, that the negotiations had failed to resolve outstanding issues, including provisions relating to air- and sea-launched long-range missiles.

6.   Mancini suggests that it was to prevent Gloucester breaking sanctuary, and there are other indications that the duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed.

7.   And so negotiations failed, and the owners implemented their system.

8.   Arafat has threatened to declare a state next year if negotiations fail to produce a final peace agreement on the status of the West Bank and Gaza.

9.   As negotiations failed to progress during the day, the tone became increasingly threatening.

10.   Before the talks began, Western diplomats had warned that the Geneva negotiations could again fail, setting the stage for a new crisis.