Sentence examples for mistake of defining from inspiring English sources

Historians also make the mistake of defining "poor" only in terms of a mission to the hungry, ignoring the fact that Paul already had a mission of outreach with Barnabas.

It was, in fact, almost a decade before I realized my mistake: instead of defining my own identity through my own views, and being proud of it -- which is the real essence of being an American -- I was copying someone else's mannerisms and parroting their beliefs in the misplaced hope that that would somehow uplift me in their eyes, and make me a real American myself.

And not before time, in the view of experts who see something crazy about the way many food-aid efforts are now conceived and executed.One mistake, arguably, is the very idea of defining the main problem as massive hunger, and hence the solution as providing food by any means necessary.

Early adopters had the advantage of defining the exchange architecture, whereas followers had the advantage of avoiding the mistakes and hurdles pioneers went through.

Italy will always send teams of expert defenders to World Cups, but it would be a mistake to define this one by defence alone.

Secondly, there was a mistake in defining the location of the TSS on the negative strand for the TwinsUK analysis.

It forms the droll author's pitchside musings on the web of intrigue and catalogue of mistake that define the period.

We believe this clash of cultures is part of the foundation of the mistake-ridden process defining this nascent peace-time military buildup being imposed on the islands of Guam and Tinian.

"The clients made mistakes by not defining the concepts of their businesses well enough," said Mr. Silverstein, whose agency works for high-technology clients like the E*Trade Group and Hewlett-Packard.

It has proved a defining mistake of the Obama administration.

Sometimes however, we make the mistake of letting one moment define a player.