Example sentences of "[be] quite wrong [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he said it would be quite wrong to say that the country 's history had been one long mistake since the revolution . |
| 2 | A well-known example is ‘ controversy ’ , which is pronounced by some speakers as and by others as ; it would be quite wrong to say that one version was correct and one incorrect . |
| 3 | Moreover , it would be quite wrong to conclude that in the above examples only the tones given would be appropriate ; it is , in fact , almost impossible to find a context where one could not substitute a different tone . |
| 4 | It would be quite wrong to suggest that the only influence on mate choice is relative familiarity . |
| 5 | Mr. Latham , for the plaintiff , submitted that it would be quite wrong to assume that the Act of 1976 has effectively satisfied the requirements of justice identified by Lamont J. He observed that our law of limitation leaves scope for a large number of claims still to be brought by plaintiffs born before 1976 . |
| 6 | But setting her misgivings about Tommaso himself aside , Caterina decided that she had been quite wrong to think that it was she who had caught his attention . |
| 7 | This is quite the worst case I have ever heard of.It 's an outrage and proves that the government is quite wrong to claim that the health service is improving |
| 8 | First of all , your dealer is quite wrong to suggest that losing so many fish is normal for a new tank . |
| 9 | At length , with a sigh and in a conversational tone which did not match Dr Dunstaple 's oratory for effect , he observed : " Dr Dunstaple is quite wrong to suggest that there is an accepted treatment for cholera . |