Sentence examples for a miscalculation about how from inspiring English sources

There is reason to believe that, at least in certain units, massive and, in retrospect, excessive firepower was employed, the apparent result of a miscalculation about how, and where, Hamas fighters were likely to engage in combat.

A change this dramatic suggests something far more profound than a miscalculation about election tactics.

There were a few glitches, like a miscalculation about kitchen tiles, which almost ended up two different colors.

And Harriet E. Miers's withdrawal of her nomination to the Supreme Court is the bitter fruit of Mr. Bush's own frailty in the wake of all those storms -- and Hurricane Katrina -- and of his miscalculations about how her appointment would be received.

The reason that an agenda so hostile to the unions has such a good chance of passing is that both of the state's teachers unions--the Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Education Association--seem to have made fundamental miscalculations about how to deploy their political muscle.

Because of an editing error, an article on Thursday about battles over Colorado's waterways included a miscalculation of how much water a court recently permitted the city of Golden to divert for recreational use in its Clear Creek Whitewater Park.

A miscalculation by a rider about how much energy he has left can be disastrous, as Armstrong nearly learned in 2000, when on the 16th stage he failed to eat before the Tour's last big climb.

However, there might have been a miscalculation as to how much American journalists care about their boss paying out enormous redundancy cheques.

A "profound miscalculation," is how Levitsky and Ziblatt describe this attempt to share power with the Nazis.

Instead, the typical cheque has been for $79,000, a miscalculation of about a third.Federal officials have been quick to blame Louisiana for the cash shortage.

The fact that Romney thinks otherwise suggests that underneath his public cynicism lurks something more troubling: A deep miscalculation about which votes he needs to win and how.