Sentence examples for a serious miscalculation from inspiring English sources

This was a serious miscalculation.

It was a serious miscalculation.

"The possibility of a serious miscalculation is not as great as a few days ago".

He called it a "serious miscalculation that will anger a lot of people and will be hard to undo".

He said any militants who tried to wait out the Americans would be making a serious miscalculation.

Worse, the C.P.A. seemed not to have prepared for the reaction from Moqtada's militia, betraying a serious miscalculation of the young cleric's strength.

But a more serious miscalculation was choosing Hank Iba as the team's coach.

However, Ijaz Gilani, head of Gallup Pakistan, argues that it would be a "very serious miscalculation" to judge society's religiosity by the showing of Islamist parties at election time.

Mr. Salazar also escaped without serious harm from a second serious miscalculation — allowing the Shell Oil Company to begin exploring for oil and gas off the North Slope of Alaska before it had the equipment, personnel or management skill to handle the challenges of working in the Arctic environment.

Dr. Chu said he did not believe that he and his team had made any serious miscalculations in the nearly three months of trying to corral the renegade well, but like everyone involved in the catastrophe, they had been learning as they went along, under intense scrutiny and pressure.

It is a sure sign that there has been serious miscalculation when the audience starts laughing during Sonya's final consoling speech to Vanya about life's cruelties.