Example sentences of "[be] wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if you do that will you be able to say with confidence that I am wrong , that what I am suggesting has not yet come to pass , that there is still time . |
| 2 | So you are right and I am wrong ! |
| 3 | That is , I think someone is coming , though I am not sure , and I pray that I am wrong . |
| 4 | Suppose I can identify a range of cases in which I am wrong more than the putative authority . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , Brabin , J. then introduced an element of uncertainty by continuing to say , ‘ If I am wrong and the defence does apply then I have to decide , have the defendants proved ( the burden being on them ) that the best practicable means has been taken ? ’ |
| 6 | If I am wrong , you may say nothing , and I vow I will not ask you again . ’ |
| 7 | I can legitimately say , ‘ I know ’ , and add in the same breath , ‘ but I am open to being shown I am wrong ’ . |
| 8 | But if knowledge is to have any substantial meaning , what I must never say is , ‘ I know ’ , and then add , ‘ but I am sure I am wrong . |
| 9 | If you think I am wrong , then fine , but you must know it 's bollocks , he must know it 's bollocks , so why must you even try to get this point across in a publication that has such a big influence on budding , enthusiastic players , a lot of whom have no other contact with the rock establishment ? |
| 10 | ‘ Even if I am wrong and think of a dozen times , it is still dreadful that somebody so involved in the game is not out there watching the guys . |
| 11 | At least that is one scenario and I hope I am wrong . |
| 12 | With one-upmanship , I told them it was near Lebanon , Smith County , Kansas , but since then have been told I am wrong . |
| 13 | It is a grim indictment ( and I do apologise to him if I am wrong ) but he seems not to read Latin or to use any source except in translation . |
| 14 | But suppose I am wrong in my basic presupposition that there can not be particularity . |
| 15 | And no one else can say of me that I know in one case and not in the other , because for all I know I am wrong both times . |
| 16 | Here if I am wrong , my error is substantial , for in being wrong about whether ‘ pink ’ is the word to describe my present experience I am wrong about what pink is and hence about whether my experience is of pink rather than of orange . |
| 17 | Here if I am wrong , my error is substantial , for in being wrong about whether ‘ pink ’ is the word to describe my present experience I am wrong about what pink is and hence about whether my experience is of pink rather than of orange . |
| 18 | Various other lines of defence to this action were raised by Mr. Ashworth and I will now consider those in case I am wrong on what I regard as the central issue . |
| 19 | For what it may be worth , if I am wrong in my application of the neighbourhood test so that the disturbance has to be judged by pre-planning permission standards , I would have found that the heavy goods vehicles going to and from each of the fourth and fifth defendant 's operations constituted a material disturbance to the residents at night . |
| 20 | If I am wrong , I should be surprised and disappointed if the so called ‘ rule of reason ’ and the purposive approach displayed by the Court of Justice of the European Communities in its application of such articles as 30 and 36 did not achieve the same answer . |
| 21 | This question only arises if I am wrong on the main point of principle , but I think it proper to consider it nonetheless . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not sure what to think , ’ Aubrey said doubtfully , ‘ other than that I hope I am wrong . |
| 23 | If I am wrong , I am wrong in the company of comrade Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov who took the same view in his book of 5957 on Imperialism , the Highest Stage of Capitalism . |
| 24 | If I am wrong , I am wrong in the company of comrade Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov who took the same view in his book of 5957 on Imperialism , the Highest Stage of Capitalism . |
| 25 | Correct me if I am wrong but Sir Thomas Springall was an alderman and a goldsmith . |
| 26 | It is I who am wrong , not you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps I am wrong about you , ’ Felipe said softly as they went to the lift . |
| 28 | However , and not for the first time in this chronicle , I am wrong . |
| 29 | I will give them again and , if I am wrong , I shall have to be put right next week . |
| 30 | If I am wrong , Labour can prove it by helping the Local Government Finance Bill on to the statute book . |