41.   That is an important reason why they decided to authorize a strike if negotiations fail to resolve their concerns.

42.   The announcement came after last-minute negotiations failed to produce an agreement.

43.   The Bosnian government is particularly resistant to agreeing to a truce at the moment because it wants to retain the option of force should the current negotiations fail.

44.   The department remains authorized to sue if the negotiations fail, Peterman said.

45.   The district still could try to poke holes in the Supreme Court ruling, and it may do that if negotiations fail.

46.   The sticking point now is which court would resolve disputes if negotiations failed.

47.   The two companies talked for the past year about a merger, but negotiations reportedly failed over questions of which executive would lead the merged company.

48.   The U.S. said it will make its own complaint to the WTO if the negotiations fail, this time about Japanese trade barriers to foreign automobiles.

49.   They set up a battery of lights near the entrance and began discussing tear-gassing strategies if negotiations failed.

50.   Unpublicized negotiations failed.