Sentence examples for greatest error of from inspiring English sources

Is that the greatest "error of [Obama's] political career"?

Perhaps the greatest error of journalists is thinking people at the centre are more than they seem.

Moreover, the greatest error of initial guessed value is that of Cj, followed by Xm, and then H0.

The household charge could be the greatest error of the Fine Gael-Labour coalition's first year in office, and has already been compared (with a more than touch of hyperbole) to Margaret Thatcher's poll tax.

The idea that governments in London and Washington should handpick a general secretary of the UN for his weakness, as they did the current one, is absurd; that was perhaps the greatest error of a decade strewn with mishap and misjudgment.

Pius IX, in his infamous "Syllabus of Errors," published in 1864, listed a series of mistaken ideas held by the contemporary Church, ending with what he considered the greatest error of them all: "The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization".

One of the greatest errors of BBC management in the recent era has been inability to manage talent.

"One of the greatest errors of the party was that it stopped representing the interests of the people, and represented the interests of small groups," said Mr. Madrazo.

It follows that the greatest errors of government are those by which the government of a society, because of its excessive concern for the society's accidental progress, loses sight of that which constitutes the substance of the society.

Mrs Brooks said that one of the greatest errors of judgement of her time as editor at the Sun had been to prevaricate over paying a public official for the full data on MPs' expenses - allowing the Daily Telegraph to get in there first.

"Like most historical calamities, the British defeat came about not through any single great error of judgment, but rather through a combination of misunderstanding, miscalculation and sheer bad luck," he wrote.