When Harris lost his job and was unable to clear the debt, Brookes laid an unsuccessful claim to his extensive and valuable record collection.

Arnall soon endorsed Melvin E. Thompson's unsuccessful claim to the office.

He staked an unsuccessful claim to destroying a British plane on 31 May 1918, but did not have his first real success until 22 July.

He would stake one more unsuccessful claim in August.

While with Crocodile, Bettesworth was involved in an unsuccessful claim for salvage rights to the American vessel Walker.

An unsuccessful claim was lodged a few years ago.

If certain minimal requirements are met, legal expenses are compensated even for unsuccessful claims.

Under the scheme, successful claimants would pay about 10 per cent of their winnings to a central fund which would meet the costs of unsuccessful claims.

During these early years, Æthelred was developing a close relationship to Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester, one who had supported his unsuccessful claim to the throne.

The fee basis for unsuccessful claims can often be extremely meagre as can profitability in general for a significant proportion of the work.