Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been a mistake [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It has been a mistake of many developments in MIS to concentrate on solutions in the form of computer packages such as Schools Information and Management Systems ( SIMS ) in the school sector or Further Education Management Information System ( FEMIS ) in the FE sector .
2 It had been a mistake on her part to appoint him chairman of the Party in the 1980s , the twin conditions of the appointment being , as she remembered , the removal of his ‘ dreadful ’ beard and the dropping of the ‘ Selwyn ’ .
3 What we do know is that Lloyd George , despite his public stance of support for the National Government , thought , in private , that it had been a mistake for the Liberals to join it .
4 The thing between himself and Isobel had been so long ago he had difficulty remembering it , and it had been a mistake from the first .
5 No organization claimed responsibility and it was widely speculated that it had been a mistake by ETA .
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