In most cases, the failure to notify delayed or even precluded legal action by victims against perpetrators.

The failure to accomplish the first, of course, precludes the second.

The failure of the E36 Compact precluded the E46 Compact's entry into the North American market.

The failure of the La Salle mission precluded this request from being granted.

The prince added that the failure to reach a Middle East settlement had precluded more serious consideration of other issues, including Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

At least this time their absolute failure to do their homework didn't preclude something important, like women's health or teaching evolution flintcsci wrote:

The failure to take proper action then may preclude the school district from recovering any of the losses from its insurance carrier, the state report said.

The court also concluded that plaintiffs' failure to show preemption precluded consideration of their hybrid-restraint claim.

Goals should be flexible so that failure in one term does not preclude redemption and success the next.

"I believe that a past failure to comply does not necessarily preclude a qualified person from serving the Government," Mr. Clinton wrote.