Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] wrong " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the fact of the matter is , he wrote , that none of it is right , or rather , that what has so far been accomplished is wrong and what has not yet been accomplished is only right because it has not yet had the chance to be proved wrong . |
| 2 | He says he is prepared to be proved wrong — suggesting he would raise his offer if DRG produced a higher valuation . |
| 3 | Throughout there was a joyless kind of determination never to be proved wrong . |
| 4 | His bust , crowned with fresh bay leaves , presides at the side of the stage , and if he is looking down from Valhalla , let us hope he is pleased to be proved wrong . |
| 5 | Are you the sort who ca n't bear to lose an argument , or to be proved wrong ; or do you mentally creep away from the conflict and experience all its discomfort within yourself . |
| 6 | How I would love to be proved wrong by any one of them but parents and boys deserve my honest opinion , however much they may hate me for it . |
| 7 | Even if the analysis is correct , the prediction is likely to be proved wrong . |
| 8 | Not for the first time that day , the Doctor was to be proved wrong . |
| 9 | In this I was happily to be proved wrong , but who could have known that at the time ? |
| 10 | ‘ Do you want to be proved wrong ? ’ |
| 11 | Sadly Mr McLean , who had always promised he would retire with a final Conservative win after his successful opening in 1951 , was to be proved wrong . |
| 12 | It is a fact of human personality that the argument which is supported by the greater weight of evidence does not always win the day ; people do not like to be proved wrong . |