Sentence examples for serious error for from inspiring English sources

He called the move, which was apparently made without consulting the central government, a "serious error", for which the consul was likely to be punished.

It would be a serious error for readers to conclude that, since scientists aren't yet sure whether global warming or regional cooling is in store, there is no need to be concerned about greenhouse gases.

This simple assumption is valid for statically determinate structures, but is in serious error for highly redundant structures, and may be unconservative in certain cases.

Doctors have amputated the wrong leg, killed patients with overdoses of medications and committed other serious errors for centuries.

The Poisson approximation may result in serious errors for very narrow band processes [3].

That was a serious error of judgment for which Prudential is paying the price.

And, months later, apologised for a serious error of judgement with much less permanent damage.

However, it would have been better if they had apologised instead for the serious error of judgement on their side.

He was cleared of harassment or abuse of power, but was criticized by the board in 2008 for "a serious error of judgment".

The Sky News presenter roundly criticised for picking up items out of a suitcase at the MH17 crash site has apologised for his "serious error of judgment", as the number of complaints topped 200.

Colin Brazier has apologised for his "serious error of judgment" in rifling through a child's suitcase during a live Sky News broadcast from the MH17 disaster area in Ukraine.