Sentence examples for be mistake to attribute from inspiring English sources

But whatever we say about such arguments, it would be mistake to attribute to Pollock, Moore, and others who share their views the idea that specific claims about what we know cannot be overthrown on the basis of empirical information.

But it would be a mistake to reduce all such hostility to a reactionary rejection of all that is new; it would also be a mistake to attribute it entirely to xenophobia, though this is certainly an influence.

"It would be a mistake to attribute everything" that might be wrong between a father and a son to World War II, Mr. Mathews said.

But even here it would be a mistake to attribute to charisma what was in fact the product of reason and compromise.

It would be a mistake to attribute all ratings that subsequently turn out to be wrong to negligence.

It would also be a mistake to attribute the capture of Chapo primarily to coercive interrogation, because the operation was predicated on a great multitude of intelligence.

"It would be a mistake to attribute the distancing from Obama's stimulus entirely to political caution or opportunism," said Robert S. Weisbrot, a historian at Colby College.

It would be a mistake to attribute my vote in favor of the bill to the inclusion of $400 million that benefits 615 rural counties and 4,400 schools in 39 states.

Although there is no possibility of writing a book of rules, however long, that will serve as a complete guide to wise decision-making, it would be a mistake to attribute to Aristotle the opposite position, namely that every purported rule admits of exceptions, so that even a small rule-book that applies to a limited number of situations is an impossibility.

Similarly, it is a mistake to attribute to hunters and gatherers conceptions that are bound up with agriculture and the fertility of fields.

James Dingemans QC, counsel to the inquiry, extracted an admission that it had been a mistake to attribute a view of his own in this case - that the 45 minute claim was "questionable" - to Dr Kelly.