fallen short

And in broad societal impact, he might have fallen short of the man who popularized the automobile, Henry Ford.

And while other researchers praise her work, they point out that of dolphin-human communication has often fallen short of expectations.

witnessed all other stones whom were patched up the sky, only itself fallen short of choice, thus it complained and sighed day and night.

Merkel admitted that attempts by European leaders to resolve the crisis had fallen short and made a very bad situation a lot worse.

Some were very thoughtful, but I always came away unsatisfied, feeling that the authors had worked hard but had somehow fallen short.

That vision of public education is a compelling one, although America has often fallen short in its pursuit of the ideal.

Barack Obama gives a good speech but, as far as the Middle East goes, the US presidential resolve has hitherto fallen short of the rhetoric.

That may be why subsequent efforts to transfer the same fixity of purpose to broader spheres of peacetime endeavour have fallen short.

So far, attempts to impose punitive sanctions have fallen short.

The institutions can allow countries to share experiences about which policies have worked and which have fallen short.

But the scheme has fallen short of expectations, prompting calls for its overhaul at the Copenhagen conference.

Looking back, Madeleine realized that her college love life had fallen short of expectations.

His achievements had fallen short of his hopes.

Obama flies home today having fallen short in some of his goals during his 10-day Asian trip.

Sadly, I've fallen short of my optimistic youthful goal of "doing what must be done. "

Having crunched the numbers, the Arsenal manager has pinpointed where his team has fallen short.

One area where Basel regulators may have fallen short was fixing the way banks count what's in their coffers.

But performance has fallen short of expectations this year amid trading stumbles.

We, no less than they, are sinners who have fallen short of God's intention for our lives.

But European leaders have consistently fallen short of what is required.

No one is perfect. We have all fallen short of the glory of God and have failed.

Pele's attempts to score in the business world have at times fallen short.

In 7 of the last 8 years, world grain production has fallen short of consumption.

"But they have fallen short of committing to adjust those policies. "

GE, which reports full-year results today, has fallen short of its 2008 desire to make $10bn of sales in China in 2010.

And some Asian ventures have fallen short of expectations.

But that and other measures have fallen short of passage.

We have fallen short and we are aware of that.

Our stores have fallen short.

Japan may have fallen short of its own target, but more tourists than ever before came here last year.

In fact everyone would go to hell, because everyone has sinned and fallen short.

They reward them for good work and make it clear when they have fallen short.