Example sentences of "be proved 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 | Air Staff 's confidence lay the belief that Sandys would be proved wrong by events and that the days of manned aircraft were still far from over . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In other words , can Beckerman or Simon on the one side , or Eckholm or Lester Brown on the other ( as examples of leading protagonists ) be proved wrong ? |
| 7 | I may be proved wrong , but I think they will be surprised at the change in the pace and intensity of international rugby since they 've been away . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , there would appear to be no chance at this time that the T-H-R conclusion will be proved wrong . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If it can not be proved wrong , then the scientist will conclude that there is a causal law in operation , and will advise farmers , who are likely to have paid for the research , of this . |
| 12 | That is one reason why many consumer-goods firms which reckon all they need to do is cut prices temporarily will probably be proved wrong . |
| 13 | Even if the analysis is correct , the prediction is likely to be proved wrong . |
| 14 | The beauty of such methods is that they can never be proved wrong since , by ignoring what the people concerned themselves think , you have removed any empirical basis for testing the interpretations . |
| 15 | Not for the first time that day , the Doctor was to be proved wrong . |
| 16 | In this I was happily to be proved wrong , but who could have known that at the time ? |
| 17 | ‘ Do you want to be proved wrong ? ’ |
| 18 | There are some who think that there is no fun to be found in local government finance , but they can be proved wrong by this debate . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |