Sentence examples for kidding itself from inspiring English sources

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The country is "kidding itself", Mr Yla-Jaaski says, if it thinks they can catch up at university.As Finns argue about how to retain their pre-eminence, many other countries in the West still envy it as well as the progress of rapid improvers such as Estonia and Poland.

Russian analysts say Washington is kidding itself if it believes Mr. Putin can orchestrate a quick and easy Assad exit.

One leading agent told me, "I think STX is kidding itself with its business model, trying to disrupt the studios at the end of the studio age.

Almost without exception, at the root of the failures chronicled by Hughes or Hounshell and Smith is an organization that's kidding itself about what it really wants.

New South Wales may call its proposed $11.4bn WestConnex toll road the "biggest transport project in Australia", but it's kidding itself.

Rather, they say a city of 8 million or so people is kidding itself if it believes the private car can remain as dominant as it is now.

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My favorite moments in 'Moulin Rouge' were when it kidded itself.

As Lawrence shows, the left must not kid itself that there is a progressive bolthole for English nationalism.

During the century since, this country has perennially tried to kid itself that it has shaken off its old fixation with caste.

So Congress can kid itself that liberalizing Roth conversion rules helps pay for the Iraq war.

The issuer stays out of default on its bank loans, and Wall Street can kid itself that the credit is as solid as ever.

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