The loan, which with interest is now worth $236 million, was made to avert a potential failure of First American.

Unwarranted change would result in excess costs and potential failure of the process.

And the potential failure of the economy is certainly a big threat.

Some detectors made in the late 1970's may not provide adequate warning of a device's potential failure.

Doors can be blown into the house by wind causing potential structural failure.

You can also use it to eliminate potential failures when you are developing new services.

At this point in time the lower dam would appear to be at greater risk of potential failure due to water flow through the structure.

Schools need to establish an "early warning" system that will enable them to identify potential failure before it occurs.

Damage control says we have potential failure on half the receptors.

The step limited the number of moving parts and reduced the points of potential failure.