1.   Neither of us spoke but we both knew that if we heard shots it meant that the operation had failed.

2.   We knew there was an even chance that the operation would fail.

3.   Nevertheless, the pouch operation failed in only three patients, the other seven having satisfactory functional results.

4.   But Panzer tanks forced the British onto the defensive, and the operation failed.

5.   Amoco Corp. has been forced to alter its business plans in China after hopes of setting up refining and marketing operations have failed to materialize.

6.   Both operations failed after members of both cells were arrested.

7.   A massive police operation failed to turn up the whereabouts of any of the people involved in the escape.

8.   He reportedly signed an agreement promising not to seek retribution if the operation failed.

9.   He went on to explain that the companies he followed saw their stock prices drop last spring not because their operations were failing, but because market psychology changed.

10.   If a consumer tried to download a bootlegged movie without such a mark, the operation would fail.