Example sentences of "wrong [conj] it [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eric Hammond of the Electrical , Electronic , Telecommunication and Plumbing Union said in The Daily Telegraph : ’ It is so fundamentally wrong that it will increasingly threaten Labour 's prospects of a national victory . ’ |
| 2 | The problem is that until such time as a particular expert system is used by a sufficient number of practitioners ( sufficient to be classed as a responsible body ) , anyone using an expert system is taking a chance should the advice turn out to be wrong although it must be stressed that the fact that advice is wrong does not inevitably and conclusively mean that there has been negligence . |
| 3 | Even the best laid plans sometimes go wrong and it may occasionally be necessary for you to overdraw your account . |
| 4 | So erm yes there is the risk that the French , one of the French power stations could go wrong and it would affect southern England . |
| 5 | Former President Ahmed Ben Bella , leader of the Movement for Democracy in Algeria ( MDA ) , said on July 14 that the state of siege should be lifted ; he also said that the FIS had just demands , but its methods were wrong and it should join in supporting the recently appointed transitional government [ see p. 38312 ] . |
| 6 | The setting of targets would be wrong because it would mean exercising positive discrimination , whereby not necessarily all jobs would go to those with the right and proper talents to do them . |
| 7 | He further argued , or at least implied , that to permit a ‘ non-catholic ’ to adopt children would be wrong because it might put such children 's eternal salvation in jeopardy ( Whyte 1980 : 188–9 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ My surgeon says further surgery would be morally wrong as it could affect my future health but I had to make an effort to get back after the England tour went wrong . |