Example sentences of "[v-ing] the same mistake " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zimbabwe and other African countries are now making the same mistake , and inviting Swedes to come over and do progressive things to their economies . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , but you see , you 're making the same mistake again ! ’ |
| 3 | By constantly making the same mistake there is the danger that you are reinforcing and learning how to make the error rather than correcting it . |
| 4 | In view of that stated aim , I was surprised to find no mention of Sherwood Idso 's claims that all of the fuss is a result of climatologists barking up the wrong tree , misled by computer models which are all making the same mistake . |
| 5 | If only to stop you making the same mistake twice , eh ? ’ |
| 6 | Now the point I 'm trying to make — the reason I sent you to that 2D universe — is that I reckon we 're making the same mistake — about the space of our universe . |
| 7 | By trying to reform finance without simultaneously considering local government 's powers , boundaries and responsibilities we are making the same mistake as we made then . |
| 8 | Mr Knapp said he hoped British Rail would recognise the anger among its 130,000 workers , but added : ‘ The board is in danger of making the same mistake as in 1989 of underestimating the mood of its workforce . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , why 's that like that , they do n't tell you how to correct it , so often , you know , you do n't , you do n't know how to avoid making the same mistake next time . |
| 10 | One of the sad things about history is that nations keep making the same mistakes . |
| 11 | In our own lives , when we look back over things we 've done , we try to learn something from them — if we know we 've done something stupid , we try to make sure that we do n't keep on making the same mistakes over and over again . |
| 12 | One believes they are making the same mistakes as the oil companies made — ‘ giving away the product in the hope of buying customers ’ . |
| 13 | Past mistakes are , of course , bygone , but for the sake of the next generation , we can ill afford to continue making the same mistakes over again . |
| 14 | Present EEC legal structures , combined with the changes which are proposed to make enlargement possible , will , Akos Bod fears , lead to the Community making the same mistakes which were made by Comecon . |
| 15 | The other importance of this marriage is their offspring , the mirror image of Pip and someone that Pip is determined to bring up with his hard earned wisdom and experience in order to stop Pip II from making the same mistakes . |