Sentence examples for likely to be misconstrued from inspiring English sources

"Lifting the domestic moratorium can only encourage poaching and illegal activity, especially as it is likely to be misconstrued as a lifting of the current international trade ban," said Dr Jo Shaw, rhino programme manager for WWF South Africa.

In late 2005, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish told The Albuquerque Journal that Mr. Richardson "pokes me" when they sit together, calling that more annoying and likely to be misconstrued than improper.

Siew said the company came up with it with a little help from an unnamed investor, and that it was important to find a name that was both symbolic and not likely to be misconstrued in other languages.

The word 'care' has an implicit person-centred meaning and is less likely to be misconstrued as pressurising; 'feeding' embraces solids as well as milk and 'family' acknowledges the important role of others in infant care.

She did not want her actions to be misconstrued.

You never defend yourself because that's always going to be misconstrued.

In such cases, a person's behaviour is liable to be misconstrued.

I don't want my thought to be misconstrued.

Rocky had complained his previous interview had been quoted out of context, and here claimed being interviewed by an older European man was always likely to lead to him being misconstrued.

"Welcome to all" could be misconstrued.

But even a gesture meant to soothe can be misconstrued.