Example sentences of "be wrong for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By a notice of appeal dated 20 July 1992 the Official Solicitor appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that since the judge had found as facts that ( a ) T. had been able properly and fully to form a balanced judgment and had not been acting under undue influence but had been acting voluntarily , and ( b ) her several expressions withholding consent were valid refusals which bound the hospital , ( 1 ) he had erred in finding himself entitled to make the declaration ; ( 2 ) it had been wrong for him to assess T. 's subsequent intentions and to make assumptions as to whether she would have qualified or changed her refusal in the later circumstances ; and ( 3 ) he had erred in finding that ( a ) there was no evidence that T. had wished to refuse a blood transfusion even though it was at risk to her life , ( b ) lack of understanding of the risks involved justified acting against her expressed refusal , ( c ) her withholding of consent did not embrace the emergency which had arisen and took no account of changed circumstances , ( d ) her expressed refusals did not evince a settled intention to persist in her refusal even if injurious to her health when her best interests required a transfusion ; and ( e ) he was not satisfied that her refusal was continuing . |
| 2 | BMC General Secretary Derek Walker would not speculate on the outcome of these meetings , adding : ‘ It would be wrong for me to pre-empt any decision of the Management Committee . |
| 3 | " It would be wrong for me to pretend that these problems can be solved quickly — if they can be solved at all . |
| 4 | Do n't get me wrong , I like flashy bass playing and it would be wrong for me to sound as if I did n't approve ; it 's just that these kind of situations are always a trade-off . |
| 5 | It would be wrong for me to anticipate what the final conclusions of CAJEC , and the Councils of the Institutes ( which will ultimately have to make the decision on the current ‘ hot ’ topics ) will be . |
| 6 | My mother was quite capable of making the journey but , because of her age , I had felt that it would be wrong for me to allow her to undertake it . |
| 7 | Ah in which case it 'd be wrong for me to say that you 're not fit for work anyway . |
| 8 | ‘ It would be wrong for me to play in the Tests against Scotland and the All Blacks and captain the side and not be around when the guys go on tour . |
| 9 | The health service takes seriously the issues of confidentiality which surround the treatment of its patients , and it would be wrong for me to discuss in the House the details of Mr. Thorpe 's individual treatment . |
| 10 | I ai n't never argued with you but once and that were when you said it'ud be wrong for us to keep Harry . |
| 11 | and it would be wrong for us to consider it in that form . |
| 12 | The Lord Chief Justice had said then that it would be wrong for it to appear that the proposals had the backing of the judges or that they had had any hand in their preparation ; and that it was essential that the judges remained at arm 's length . |
| 13 | It 's wrong for us to steal from someone who seems to be richer than we are just as it 's wrong for someone to steal from us if they think their need is greater than ours . |
| 14 | It 's wrong for us to steal from someone who seems to be richer than we are just as it 's wrong for someone to steal from us if they think their need is greater than ours . |
| 15 | It was wrong for him to know . |
| 16 | It was wrong for her to become obsessed with Fred 's inadequacy in the bedroom , Carrie told herself . |
| 17 | If it was wrong for us to acknowledge our love while Dennis was alive , it would be even more wrong to deny it now . |