Sentence examples for give a bad example from inspiring English sources

If they want to be heard in the fight against protectionism they shouldn't give a bad example".

I think that professional football gives a bad example," he says.

"Gabrielle Russier gave a bad example," said the Deputy Public Prosecutor, "because she scoffed at parental authority.

This gives a bad example to them and they might repeat this to you or other children later on - remember you're responsible for them!

Nigeria also passed a bill to criminalize homosexuality just a year or so ago, she says, "but they also have a lot of states where they have established Sharia law, so this can spread and give a very bad example to Cameroon where, up to now, we were living in peace with Muslims, Christians, and Catholics everywhere.

I'll give a good example and a bad example.

It's probably a bad example given the geographical distance from downtown Vancouver but it was the strongest example we had of road closures in the region.

"The government is giving a really bad example to the rest of society by discriminating in this way," said Zhou Wei, a lawyer in Sichuan who has fought in local courts to have height requirements overturned.

Would you shield your children from us for setting a bad example or giving them bad advice?

It would also set a bad example for other ex-Soviet republics—and give even more cause for Russian gleefulness.

He became a bad example".