Sentence examples for mistake and at from inspiring English sources

This, Dr. Russo believes, is a mistake, and at least some hospitals now concentrate more on organ preservation.

Barack Obama has apologised to MSF, admitting the strike was a mistake, and at least three separate investigations have been launched.

You could believe that discretionary policy of any kind is a mistake, and at the same time admit that the expansion of the Fed's balance sheet isn't at all inflationary under current circumstances.

Eugene Robinson writes that "the fashionable theory of school reform requiring that pay and job security for teachers, principals and administrators depend on their students' standardized test scores is at best a well-intentioned mistake, and at worst nothing but a racket".

"It was just an individual mistake and at this level you're going to get punished doing that," Neil told BBC Radio Scotland.

A lot of my opportunities happened by mistake and at unexpected times: I ended up having a quick chat to fashion giant Colin Maftera-Jeffree after he pushed my wheelchair to help me on my way into a show, but I decided against approaching Anna Reeve and co: I didn't quite have the confidence.

There were delays and mistakes and at one point 1,000 callers were urgently waiting for help.

By her reckoning, she has made "a thousand and a half mistakes" and at least a few "über-mistakes".

"At 21 years old, I made a lot of mistakes, and at 28, I've still made mistakes," Kidd said.

By shying away from questioning people's deeply felt beliefs, even the skeptics, Mr. Harris said, are providing safe harbor for ideas that are at best mistaken and at worst dangerous.

At 11, there will be a talk on the 10 most common gardening mistakes, and at 1, a tour of the fall foliage in the gardens and activities for children.