Sentence examples for be wrong to ascribe from inspiring English sources

They were both determined to exclude him from office, and it would be wrong to ascribe his long years in the political wilderness solely to the declining fortunes of the Liberal Party.

While the above writers, who find collective responsibility to be a compelling moral construct in general, differ in particular respects, they all agree that it would be wrong to ascribe responsibility to dissenters or, in other words, that if one tries to fight harm one should not be held responsible for it.

A person's exact motives are often somewhat opaque even to that individual; it would be wrong to ascribe complete reliability to the agent's capacity to know with complete certainty whether something that he or she knew would happen as a result of his or her action formed no part of the reason for which he or she did it.

Mr Davis's problem is that he is perceived not only as ineffectual but insipid; a bad combination for any leader.Bruce Warren TomsSan Carlos, CaliforniaIf the suit fits...SIR – You are wrong to ascribe the feelgood factor primarily to females ("The female feelgood factor", September 27th).

But he is wrong to ascribe the Serb withdrawal from Kosovo in 1999 to the threat of a Nato land invasion: the Serbs knew perfectly well that there was no unanimity in Nato in support of such a military operation despite Mr Blair's enthusiasm for it, that the US Congress would never have agreed to it, and that it would have been impossible without US participation.

Donald Trump reiterated his call for the U.S. to pull back from its commitment to NATO and said the Republican leader of the Senate was wrong to ascribe the proposal to "a rookie mistake".

He is wrong to.

On his theory to claim that something is wrong is to ascribe to it the property of violating a standard or norm that would be a justified moral standard for the relevant society.

"It is wrong of them to ascribe any sort of illicit activities to myself, or anyone else in this peaceful tour group.

It proved to be wrong.

He exercised his right to be wrong.