Sentence examples for misstated from inspiring English sources

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misstated

verb

Past of misstate

Exact(60)

If the age of the insured was misstated when the policy was taken out, the misstatement-of-age clause provides that the amount payable is the amount of insurance that would have been purchased for the premium had the correct age been stated.

Mr. Christie also misstated New Jersey's share of the costs: he said the state would pay 70 percent of the project; the report found that New Jersey was paying 14.4 percent.

It has also harmed prospects of a Liberal-Labour rapprochement.Correction: The original version of this article misstated the number of elected and appointed members proposed by the bill.

Our special report on the Koreas ("Parallel worlds", October 26th) misstated the nationality of the great 19th-century adventurer, Isabella Bird.

In last week's article on the privatisation of four Indian banks, our table misstated the magnitude of their bad loans.

His service in the navy reserve has helped to establish this brand.Mr Kirk admitted that he misstated.

Radio ads will help the CBC's bottom line in the short term, but in time may weaken the case for maintaining its public subsidy.Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the size of the cut to the CBC's annual subsidy.

But it was a relief when a rainstorm forced it to take a break.Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the share of world trade settled in yuan.

The lesson is that this is a recipe for financial disaster.Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the ages of Mr Adoboli and Mr Hughes when they were left in charge of their trading desk.

Economist J. Daniel Khazzoom, for instance, calculates that doubling the gasoline tax under the current regulatory regime would only reduce tailpipe emissions by 6 percent over the long run.It appears that the Cato authors have misstated the first statistic.

Correction: Due to a last-minute editing error an earlier version of this article misstated the sex and academic degree of the researchers involved.

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