Only one number on the program failed to interest her.
Quite a number, it was said, failed to live to that age.
Nonetheless, they say, numbers would fail to tell the real story.
A number of public radio shows have tried and failed many times.
The number of temporary jobs failed to increase for a third straight month.
Yet these numbers are failing to explain what is really happening to the nation's workers.
However these number fail to take into account the effects of climate change.
And I could have walked over last night, after my meeting, when her number failed to answer.
Any number of attempts by you to sort this out failed.
A number of other England players failed to live up to their potential from this series.