Example sentences of "that it is wrong [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course the difference is that Rooney 's view — that it is wrong to knowingly give the patient a drug that will harm her — probably has universal support . |
| 2 | As a former minister of justice in Sweden remarked , ‘ I do not mean that it is wrong to ‘ humanize ’ the stay in prison — but a cage is still a cage , even if gold-plated' ( Ward 1979 ) . |
| 3 | The use of long-stay hospitals for the care of the mentally handicapped stems from successive policies of containment pursued since the last century , and which have persisted into the 1980s despite the widespread understanding that it is wrong for mentally handicapped people , who are not ill and do not require advanced medical treatment , to spend their entire lives within the confines of a large establishment which is primarily concerned with medical treatment and the cure of the sick . |
| 4 | They encapsulate the democratically arrived-at beliefs both that it is wrong for animals to suffer in such ways , and also that legislation will lead to an amelioration in the behaviour of farmers and poachers . |
| 5 | It may be suggested that he may simply qualify somewhat and say that it is wrong for others to tell such lies and not for him , and that there is no purely logical inconsistency here . |
| 6 | It has been argued that it is wrong for such a body to impose even a limited check on the activities of an elected Government . |
| 7 | We will not support the Government 's proposals in relation to the maintenance of quality in higher education because we think that it is wrong for the people who determine quality in higher education to be the same as those who determine funding — |
| 8 | Surely all hon. Members would argue that it is wrong for the industry to be able to target young people . |
| 9 | But Saunders argues that it is wrong for feminists to draw from this the idea that home is a place of relaxation for men or a setting for the systematic exploitation of women . |
| 10 | When we are privileged to know this in advance ( and I think that it is wrong in nearly all cases not to tell a dying patient ) it is a time for preparation and repentance , and ultimately of acceptance . |
| 11 | But just because something can be used wrongly does n't mean that it is wrong in itself . |
| 12 | The provision in section 44(4) has been criticized on the ground that it is wrong in principle that a person should be found guilty of an offence which the jury find that he did not commit . |
| 13 | I know that it is to do with trash and shit , and that it is wrong in time . |