Example sentences of "wrong about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malthus was wrong about the effects of unchecked population growth , as the optimists constantly remind those who look too bleakly into the future . |
| 2 | ‘ I am a proud man , Li Shai Tung , but not too proud to admit it when I have been wrong- and I was wrong about the threat from the Ping Tiao . |
| 3 | We have seen how von Frisch proved von Hess wrong about the sensitivities of fish ( p. 43 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , he was wrong about the origins of the First and Second World Wars , ’ roared back the teacher , who later gave his name as Mr Nigel Varley . |
| 5 | The audience , who knew for a fact that the Press had its facts wrong about the marriage , wittered on about ‘ ordinary people ’ being able to solve problems in the privacy of their own homes . |
| 6 | It has been wrong on unilateralism and trade union legislation and wrong about the man whom it picked to lead the Labour party . |
| 7 | As R. H. Thouless 's classical experiments on ‘ phenomenal Regression to the ‘ Real ’ Object' have shown , we can be wrong about the presentation appearance even when , short of holding a pencil at arm 's length and measuring , we are doing our best to be right about it . |
| 8 | ‘ You were wrong about the scandal , ’ said Sir George to Roland , with a complicated mixture of satisfaction and accusation . |
| 9 | Ingard , guessing wrong about the airport , put in an enormous tender to be sure of getting the land . |
| 10 | Maybe he was just wrong about the Fight Game . |
| 11 | Maxim had n't been entirely wrong about the Fight Game . |
| 12 | I believe , however , that Michael is totally wrong about the Taylor Report and his belief that every spectator should be seated . |
| 13 | I hope that I will prove to be wrong about the Bill . |
| 14 | ‘ Nothing went wrong about the lease ? ’ |
| 15 | He sounded angry ; she had been wrong about the amusement . |
| 16 | Pushkin was quite wrong about the sort of military dress worn at balls . |
| 17 | There was something wrong about the plants . |
| 18 | But is n't there something wrong about the practice , common among building societies now , to offer them lower rates of interest in order to attract them as customers ? |
| 19 | John Wain was wrong about the Hiroshima pilot . |
| 20 | You are wrong about the accuracy of my copies . |
| 21 | She was wrong about the biker . |
| 22 | I admit I was wrong about the Cairngorms , and I did n't even have the chance to see what was going on behind the plateau to the south . |
| 23 | The hon. Gentleman was wrong about the timetable . |
| 24 | ‘ But if you were wrong about Simon loving you , so I 'm wrong about the reason for his accident , ’ he said , becoming grave . |
| 25 | I would n't be surprised if Ethel is n't entirely wrong about the cause of death and the poor lady did it herself . ’ |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Tooting was as wrong about the number of homeless as he was about the number of rough sleepers . |
| 27 | I 'd been right about Lloyd 's two-tone shoes though I had expected him to put socks on , and I was wrong about the hat — it was a white Panama . |
| 28 | Dahl states : " While the empirical approach takes the attitude that if a program does not work in practice there must be something wrong about the theory , the rationalist will retort that what is true in theory must also be true in practice — that it is the practice , not the theory , that is wrong . " |
| 29 | In fact , as early as 1.983 ENDS magazine had warned that the government was legally wrong about the Directive . |
| 30 | The hon. Gentleman is right about the principle of humanitarian aid , although he is wrong about the details . |