"It had better look like his board failed, and he went to get help."

If those boards failed to agree then there was a central board.

If the board fails to act, he can proceed on his own.

Meeting late into the night, the board failed to come up with an acting chairman and chief executive.

If the board had failed to act, the project would have automatically been approved.

The board, they said, had failed to take effective action to alleviate that condition.

Erm the Board has not failed to follow up its very good work.

Nor is it clear what would happen if the board failed to act on the renewals.

The board then failed to notify parents of the delay.

Rather, the central board has failed to monitor problems adequately in the local boards.