The inspectors could hardly fail to notice the chaos.

But the inspectors failed to persuade Iran to be more forthcoming on a number of other outstanding issues.

When the inspector had failed to find the girl, Cadbury had been forced to do the task himself.

The test has to be repeated if the inspector "driving" the car fails to stay between parameters on a screen.

He said inspectors in the past had failed to uncover evidence that Iraq was in fact continuing to mass-produce deadly chemical agents.

The transport agency said that despite regular maintenance checks, inspectors had failed to detect the loose concrete.

An inspector comes to arrest Chandan but fails to do so after getting a call forbidding him to do so.

Mr. Smith said he had watched inspectors fail to cite serious violations by licensed dealers.

Turning to the CAA, the report said inspectors had failed to detect any significant engineering problems at Birmingham.

Nor was there any evidence that the inspector had failed to take account of the likely costs of compliance.