Sentence examples for small miscalculation from inspiring English sources

Anand made a small miscalculation with 30... b6; 30... b5 would have been simpler.

A small miscalculation in the procedure or components can ruin hours of preparation and work.

Travelling backward, sitting on a small collapsible stool, he is the man who, if rattled by anti-aircraft fire or attacking fighters, can easily by one small miscalculation, cause the loss and destruction of this man-packed weapon.

At this point it has not quite dawned on the gang exactly what Mr. Alpert meant when he informed them that he was an assistant federal attorney and that they might have made a small miscalculation in choosing him.

JUNE 5 -- "Even a small miscalculation can affect the likeness," said Judy Craig, 58, the head of the Tussaud portrait studio in London, which has a staff of 80 artists and technicians.

"Things are not developing in the right way and it would take a small miscalculation to have a big conflagration," Michael Stephens, a Middle East expert at the Royal United Services Institute told VICE News.

Even small miscalculations in forecasts can mean trouble.

Even small miscalculations, or unexpected events, can carry vast consequences.

But breakthroughs in the North's missile and nuclear programs and fiery threats of war have heightened fears in the South that even small miscalculations by the new and untested leaders of each country could have disastrous consequences.

Given the limited physiologic reserve of pediatric patients, small miscalculations caused by technical glitches or improper system design can cause significant morbidity and mortality [ 2, 4].

The smallest miscalculation, a few one-hundredths of a percentage point here or there, could unsettle the markets and cost taxpayers dearly.