manquer

Mais il est parfois arrivé que les États membres du Conseil aient manqué à ce devoir.
But the member States of the Council have sometimes failed the innocent.
Ce n'est pas que les bonnes idées et les bons plans pour parvenir à l'égalité aient manqué dans le passé, mais leur mise en uvre a souvent échoué.
There has not been a shortage of good ideas or good plans to achieve equality in the past but their implementation has often failed.
Un miracle que tant de balles aient manqué tant de gens dans un si petit périmètre en un si bref laps de temps.
A miracle of the highest order that so many bullets could miss so many people in so small an area in such a short space of time.
C'est un miracle que tant de balles aient manqué tant de gens en un lieu si petit, en si peu de temps.
A miracle of the highest order that so many bullets could miss so many people in so small an area in such a short space of time.
Je regrette que sur une thématique citoyenne majeure, celle de l’impact des pollutions sur la santé humaine, mes collègues aient manqué d’ambition, visant surtout à ne pas heurter certains secteurs industriels.
I deplore the fact that in a matter of such importance to the public, the impact of pollution on human health, my fellow Members have lacked ambition, seeking in particular not to hit certain industries.
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