Sentence examples for faulty copy from inspiring English sources

HarperCollins, who say the errors are mainly typographical, have launched a hurried operation to let purchasers exchange their faulty copy via bookshops or pre-paid post.

(People who have a faulty copy of the gene — an extremely rare occurrence — are capable of speech, but what they say is, to strangers, mostly incomprehensible).

She had learned that she inherited a faulty copy of a gene, BRCA1, that put her at high risk for invasive breast cancer as well as ovarian cancer.

Those who have only one faulty copy will not have any manifestation of the condition and are unlikely to know they are a carrier – as was the case with Morriss.

Last year, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie announced she had made the tough decision to have her ovaries removed after discovering she carries a faulty copy of the BRCA1 gene, putting her at very high risk.

We know that women who inherit a faulty copy of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene have a highly elevated risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer – but cancer is not an inevitability.

He also discussed the poetry of Cavalcanti, distorted as a result of faulty copying, misinterpretation and patching up.

Children born with two faulty copies of the gene develop the disease, which destroys the nervous system, and usually die by the age of five.

People who have faulty copies of the RUNX2 gene often develop a condition, known as cleidocranial dysplasia, whose symptoms include such Neanderthal-like features as a flared rib cage.

Many of these conditions – including MCAD deficiency – are said to be recessive, which means that a person will be affected by it if they inherit two faulty copies of the gene, one from each parent.

"My heart goes out to whoever pressed the wrong button," he said, adding that the bookseller had not, as yet, received any complaints about faulty copies from its customers.