This approach, he argued, has failed to give us any real understanding of the necessary and sufficient conditions for knowledge.

I'm not saying they're bad people but their approach to governing this country has badly failed.

That approach has failed him at times: critics say it did in relations with China.

They said his approach failed to get the most out of the players.

But if that approach fails, the city may ask federal officials to take more extreme measures.

Their approach failed, and they were moved once again.

And if a conciliatory approach fails to work, the job must still be done.

This is so when your approach fails you just move to a different flower.

And his first approach failed almost before he began.

There are several reasons the parents' approach failed, of course.