• Early attempts to understand the properties of matter by solving the wave equation fared poorly (or have not met with success).

• With a laser, this approach fails.

• They failed to establish an immediate connection.

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• The model fails to (or does not) explain many observations of this phenomenon.

• This optical processor fails to use all the parallelism which optics has to offer.

• No detailed study has been made of methods by which ...

• Many shapes other than round are formed by extrusion through dies of suitable contour.

• The particle managed to travel through the box without hitting another particle.

• The article neglects to consider some additional factors.