Mistake Sentence Examples

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  • I won't make the mistake I made with you before.

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  • Maybe it was a mistake to come here.

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  • I made a really bad mistake and I don't know what to do.

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  • Sometimes I make a mistake and do the wrong thing.

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  • Only a mistake would give the Others away and might be all that stood between life and death.

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  • I made the mistake of not trusting my instincts when I met you, he said.

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  • He made a mistake, Cassie.

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  • Her mistake was not realizing Greenie had a back-up plan.

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  • Killing her would be a mistake, Father.

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  • I did that once, and I nearly made the mistake of my life.

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  • We realized very quickly we had made a grave mistake, and I don't even like to think about it.

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  • Evey was right-- it was a mistake to bring you with us.

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  • That would have been a mistake for her.

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  • Once he saw the area, he knew he'd made a mistake in not accept­ing her offer and staying longer.

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  • If our privacy was assaulted by some mistake we made, at least we could start over.

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  • Sure, they made a dumb mistake, but it's not the end of the world.

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  • I'm sorry, but there is no mistake.

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  • They captured you by mistake, he snapped.

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  • Had they made a mistake?

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  • Gabriel's biggest mistake was not forcing you to accept your new world from the start.

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  • She could have kissed Gerald by mistake as Alex walked out on the porch.

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  • They'd be making a horrible mistake, but they would not be violating a statute.

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  • It would be a colossal mistake to assume some sort of collectivist or communistic solution to hunger in the world.

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  • In just about every story about mistakes, the person whom made the mistake feels silly at some point.

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  • I think Sean made a mistake.

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  • Even if he makes an obvious clerical slip-up he is entitled to correct his mistake if he does so within a reasonable time.

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  • The defendant's solicitors promptly pointed out the mistake in the name of the defendant.

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  • This sequel to Campbell's 1998 hit The mask of Zorro made the fatal mistake of undermining the masked swordsman by challenging his very relevance.

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  • He says, " We'd have torchwood on our backs then, make no mistake!

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  • We thought we had won the scout trophy, only to be told, sorry there has been a mistake.

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  • But it is a mistake to assert, as many have asserted, that after the era of the above ten mastersthe latest of whom, SOmin, ceased to work in 187 InO bronzes comparable with theirs were cast.

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  • You're making some mistake.

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  • Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa.

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  • That might have been a mistake.

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  • I don't want you to make a mistake.

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  • I think Quinn made a mistake installing himself as manager and I think he 's made another major rick with Keane.

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  • It was a mistake.

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  • Down the steps and around to the car, and then she made the mistake of glancing up at him.

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  • Pretty much all of us made the same mistake when we first met you.

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  • For instance, I don't think it was a mistake that her husband followed her to Ouray as easily as it seemed.

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  • You were desperate and you made a mistake.

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  • But I also know he made a mistake long before he became the Black God.

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  • To let her go free would've been a mistake.

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  • The trainee months ago made a horrible mistake by choosing to target Ingrid, and Xander didn't think twice about lopping off his head.

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  • She thought there was more to him earlier when he healed her and for a moment, she'd made the same mistake while sitting in his lap.

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  • By mistake they printed from a poor copy and not from the original, from which their German text varies at over 450 places.

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  • Make no mistake, this is a proper commercial citrus juicer made from quality components in northern Italy.

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  • He pointed out John Lydon's much celebrated profanity initially slipped out by mistake.

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  • The bombing of the Chinese Embassy was a deeply regrettable mistake.

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  • Quite simply, if this sort of mistake is not worth of a ministerial resignation, what is?

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  • Don't make the mistake that we have gone soft.

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  • In this area there is also a large splotch of black glaze -- a clumsy mistake on an otherwise attractive vessel.

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  • Among other oddities was the result of the 3,000m steeplechase; a mistake by the lap counter meant that runners ran an extra lap.

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  • A variation on both the above activities is for you or the learners to prepare phonemic transcriptions of vocabulary with a deliberate mistake.

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  • Make no mistake, the form books show we are massive underdogs for this game.

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  • Who can predict what perils we may unwittingly unleash upon ourselves, without even realizing our mistake for years or decades?

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  • This turns out to be a big mistake, as the Prince inadvertently unleashes the Sands of Time on the palace.

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  • It is a mistake to be too informal as this can be seen as unprofessional.

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  • The attempt by Mrs Cave to suggest that it must be a mistake was in our view a blatant untruth.

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  • These mannerisms undoubtedly help and emphasize the extraordinary faithfulness to nature of his fictions, but it would be a great mistake to suppose that they fully explain their charm.

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  • In the same passage he used an incorrect adjective, Phliuntii for Phliasii; he says that he had already corrected his own copy, but the mistake survives in the single palimpsest in which this work has been preserved.

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  • I think that I do not mistake.

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  • It was set on fire by mischievous boys, one Election night, if I do not mistake.

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  • For treasure there was, make no mistake about that; gold, in vast quantities, now reposing in Cairo museum.

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  • There's so little material in a sling bikini you just might mistake it for a wadded up jump rope if you found one lying around.

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  • Even a small mistake has the potential to become a fatal one.

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  • Haven't you ever made a mistake?

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  • Wasted years caused by one silly mistake.

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  • This statement was believed by subsequent writers until the time of Blackstone, who was the first to discover the mistake.

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  • Yahya by a mistake gave baptism to the false Messiah, who had feigned humility; on the completion of his mission, after undergoing a seeming execution, he returned clothed with light into the kingdom of light.

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  • He misjudged the character both of the colonists and of the natives, his cardinal mistake being in regarding the African as little removed from the European in intellect and capacity.

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  • He intended fully to restrain within legal bounds the opposition which the excise on domestic spirits had provoked, but he made the serious mistake of not allowing sufficiently for the character of the backwoods population When legal resistance developed into insurrection, Gallatin did his best to retrieve his error and prevent open war.

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  • The early form of the word in English was "sherris" (abbreviated from "sherris-wine" or "sherris-sack"), which was taken to be a plural, and "sherry" was formed as a singular by mistake.

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  • Jerome and Photius call the work Ecclesiastical Canons, but this seems to be a mistake.

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  • The attitude of the second group is based on a mistake as to the technical meaning of "the second year of Edward VI.," the second Prayer Book not having come into use till the third year.

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  • It is a mistake to suppose, however, that La Chetardie took a leading part in the revolution which placed the daughter of Peter the Great on the Russian throne.

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  • He is supposed to mistake the poet for Boniface VIII., whose simoniacal practices, as well as those of Clement V., are again alluded to in Par.

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  • None of these books relate to law; and the better opinion seems to be that there were two Tribonians, apparently contemporaries, though possibly some of the attributes of the jurist have been, by a mistake of the compilers or transcribers of the Lexicon of Suidas, extended to the man of letters of the same name.

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  • He committed the great mistake, too, of directing the movements of distant armies from the seat of government, though those armies were under able generals.

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  • In taking this course Joseph made the capital mistake of neglecting the Machiavellian maxim that in changing the substance of cherished institutions the prince should be careful to preserve the semblance.

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  • The importance of the general conclusions above formulated, as imposing a limit upon our powers of direct observation, can hardly be overestimated; but there has been in some quarters a tendency to ascribe to it a more precise character than it can bear, or even to mistake its meaning altogether.

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  • The result of his discovery was an entire revolution in the knowledge of diseases of the chest; but it would be a mistake to forget that an essential factor in this revolution was the simultaneous study of the condition of the diseased organs as seen after death.

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  • Virgin Trains said a signalman had made a mistake in routing the 9.40am service via Coventry, 110 miles from its intended destination.

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  • It would be a mistake to attribute the fall of Aegina solely to the development of the Athenian navy.

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  • Over and above the general criticism, which may now be said to have been completely answered by the investigations of Zahn, Lightfoot and Harnack, one or two special arguments have been brought against the Epistle to Polycarp. Ussher, for instance, while accepting the other six epistles, rejected this on the ground that Jerome says that Ignatius only sent one letter to Smyrna - a mistake due to his misinterpretation of Eusebius.

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  • The matter was not decided till 1378 when Joanna, having made the mistake of recognizing the antipope Clement VII., was promptly deposed and excommunicated in favour of Prince Charles of Durazzo, who had been brought up at the Hungarian court.

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  • At the end of an exile of more than two years he yielded so far as to subscribe a formula giving up the "homoousios," to abandon Athanasius, and to accept the communion of his adversaries - a serious mistake, with which he has justly been reproached.

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  • In the first place, there was a growing dissatisfaction with Mexican rule, which accomplished nothing tangible for good in California, - although its plans were as excellent as could be asked had there only been peace and means to realize them; however, it made the mistake of sending convicts as soldiers.

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  • Clay made the mistake of supposing that he could arouse popular enthusiasm for a moneyed corporation in its contest with the great military "hero of New Orleans."

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  • The creatures had sense enough to reason that way, and the only mistake they made was in supposing the earth people were unable to overcome such ordinary difficulties.

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  • Then he began with the first word on the first page and read the first story aloud without making one mistake.

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  • We received the Silent Worker which you sent, and I wrote right away to the editor to tell him that it was a mistake.

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  • She was delighted if he made a mistake, and made him form the letter over several times.

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  • At a little distance from the palace we might easily mistake it for a mountain whose peaks were mounting heavenward to receive the last kiss of the departing day.

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  • But he retrieved his mistake at once.

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  • Jeremy Beecham said that not continuing the £ 200 council tax rebate for pensioners was a mistake.

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  • Bugger, I think I bought the remix CD by mistake...

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  • Our long-term commitment to the EU has been a huge mistake and its repercussions in so many areas continue to haunt us.

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  • Since then a body of soldiers has always been kept on guard to prevent a repetition of this mistake.

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  • In fact, I was left to rue this mistake.

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  • Now, I can understand Paul being mistaken for Terry Frost... Terry makes suitably salacious comments when told about this unique double mistake.

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  • Many couples make the mistake of assuming everything will be covered by the bride's parents and are disappointed when the funds do not support the anticipated wedding.

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  • If you make a mistake, just keep serving the cake and move on.

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  • It is easy to make an etiquette mistake when you are unsure of the customary rules.

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  • As far as I know I have two amends remaining, one hopefully will be done soon, and I am going to have to wait until the right time for the remaining one, I need to check my motive for the last one before making a mistake.

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  • People easily mistake the swimsuit paint for a real swimsuit.

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  • First of all, these specially-made suits can be a bit expensive, so choosing the wrong one can be a costly mistake.

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  • It's not uncommon for beaches to have exercise equipment along the shore, and there are situations when you could make an embarrassing mistake on a pull-up bar.

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  • Make sure you don't make that mistake with your vitamins either.

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  • If you pair your micro mini with a spaghetti strap cropped top and mile-high stilettos, plus a heavy dose of makeup, people may mistake your intentions.

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  • Purchasing a dress based on how sexy it looks on the rack could be a big mistake, and skipping over simple dresses because they're "cute" and not sexy could be too.

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  • Do not make the mistake of using an electric shaver designed for use as a leg or face razor on clothing or other textiles.

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  • Even if you make a mistake, the wax can always be melted again and made into a new candle.

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  • Since they are brightly colored and featured embedded objects, many people make the mistake of assuming that gel candles are safer to than traditional paraffin candles.

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  • Many new candle makers, particularly those new to working with soy wax, also enjoy trying and experimenting with different types of waxes and blends and therefore it can be a mistake to commit too early to a particular type of wax.

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  • It is a serious mistake to do otherwise.

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  • A common mistake many people make is choosing the Christmas gift costing the most money.

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  • Although the use of coins as fabric accessories is a part of traditional belly dance, it is a mistake to associate belly-dance costume with women's traditional gypsy costume.

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  • Women tend to make the mistake of letting down their guard with people they know, putting themselves at a higher risk.

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  • The biggest mistake you could make is to try and have your opening line be flirtatious, rather than simply starting a conversation.

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  • The mistake is in believing that some time and attention from a man, is better than no time and attention from any man.

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  • To mistake this contact for anything else is a setup for more pain and humiliation.

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  • The next biggest mistake people make is writing poor profiles.

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  • Men usually make the mistake of writing very little.

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  • I told him that I contacted her to scare him off and he still says nothing happened and that it was a stupid and disrespectful mistake.

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  • She knows that she has made a mistake and says to me that she hasn't done anything purposely.

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  • This has been misunderstood in many ways - the mistake going so far as in some cases to suppose that Voltaire meant Christ by this opprobrious expression.

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  • The citizens, however, soon found out their mistake, and the lord mayor, aldermen and recorder proclaimed Queen Mary at Cheapside.

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  • The mistake is often made of sinking large and expensive shafts, or driving costly tunnels, before it is fully proved that the deposit can be worked on a scale to warrant such developments, and, indeed, too often before it is known that the deposit can be worked at all; and in too many cases large amounts of money are thus unnecessarily lost by over-sanguine mine managers.

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  • It is a mistake to refer it back to the Greeks.

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  • It is a mistake to present a great body of hypotheses - if Comte meant them for hypotheses - in the most dogmatic and peremptory form to which language can lend itself.

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  • That is a great mistake.

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  • In 1724 he was offered the chair of mathematics in the university of Upsala, which he declined, on the ground that it was a mistake for mathematicians to be limited to theory.

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  • When the disasters of the American war had at last made a change of ministry necessary, and the king applied to the Whigs, through the intermediary of Lord Shelburne, Fox made a very serious mistake in persuading the marquess of Rockingham not to insist on dealing directly with the sovereign.

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  • It is, therefore, a profound mistake to regard the history of the league during the first twenty years of its existence as that of an Athenian empire.

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  • Chares was ordered to make reprisals, but instead sailed to Corcyra, where he made the mistake of siding with the oligarchs.

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  • Probably they were interpolated in the creed by mistake of copyists.

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  • Fortunately, by the superb gallantry of some of the company officers and men, the new arrivals were induced to recognize their mistake, and by degrees about 10 p.m.

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  • While residing there an attempt was made upon his life by a hired assassin, who, in mistake, murdered his secretary.

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  • But this is a mistake; for in fact the application had begun much earlier, and probably long before the name had ceased to be attached by writers on Asia to the descendants of the king of the Kerait.

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  • We have little doubt that Abyssinia was the "regnum" here indicated, though it was a mistake to identify the Abyssinian Church with the Nestorians.

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  • Kant himself corrected the mistake, at the same time highly commending the work.

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  • This is merely another way of perpetuating the mistake of allowing the notion of determination by an other or a preceding to continue to dominate us in a region where we have in reality passed from it to the notion of determination by self or by self-acknowledged ideals.

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  • This is certainly a mistake.

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  • The mistake is not Hegel's but ours.

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  • This was Napoleon's pursuit of the fatal mistake of the campaign, and Fortune turned Welling- now against her former favourite.

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  • The main mistake is in giving the result as true to a small fraction of a square inch; but, if this degree of accuracy had been possible, it would have been wrong to give 7r a value which is in error by more than 1 in 2000.

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  • If the presbyter wrote Revelation and was Polycarp's master, such a mistake could easily arise.

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  • Certainly Polycrates, bishop of Ephesus, made a precisely similar mistake when about 190 he described the Philip " who rests in Hierapolis " as " one of the twelve apostles," since Eusebius rightly identifies this Philip with the deacon of Acts xxi.

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  • There seems to be a mistake in the first part of this statement; what Eratosthenes will have said is that the oldest prince after the king was the designated successor.

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  • He expected their support, on account of his attitude toward the South and hostility to Grant, but he thought it a mistake to give him their formal nomination.

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  • To cut oneself off from external cultural influences, especially from German ones, he declared to be a mistake."

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  • It would be a mistake to regard him as a patriot.

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  • Again, however, he made the mistake of attacking a fortress, which delayed his advance for a month, and gave John Casimir time to collect an army for the relief of the besieged.

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  • For some time affairs hung in the balance, but Alexander could not mistake the tone of his opponents.

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  • The home of the vast majority of parrot-forms is unquestionably within the tropics, but the popular belief that parrots are tropical birds only is a great mistake.

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  • The statement frequently made that the church was a copy of St Sophia's in Constantinople has been shown to be a mistake.

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  • Unhappily, on the voyage, by some mistake (accounted for in different ways), Tristan and Iseult drink the love drink, and are forthwith seized with a fatal passion each for the other.

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  • There is no greater mistake than to suppose that the estimate formed by the early Church of its Bible was a merely arbitrary verdict imposed by an external authority; it was the expression, and the natural expression (though following certain prescribed lines), of its real sense of the value and fundamentally divine origin of the writings which it treasured.

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  • It is possible, e.g., that a mistake has been made in the case of 2 Peter, which, however, is edifying enough.

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  • Leipoldt (Leipzig, 1907), may also be warmly recommended; it is clear and methodical, and does not make the common mistake of assigning too much to secondary causes; the author does not forget that he is dealing with a sacred book, and that he has to show why it was held sacred.

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  • And, in fact, it would be a mistake to look upon Pallas's retirement as a disgrace.

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  • It is a mistake to regard the Gnostics as pre-eminently the representatives of intellect amongChristians, and Gnosticism as an intellectual tendency chiefly concerned with philosophical speculation, the reconciliation of religion with philosophy and theology.

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  • Orizaba is sometimes included among the semi-active volcanoes, but this is a mistake.

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  • When the revolution had broken out she made the disastrous mistake of consenting to escape to France (Dec. 10, 1688) with her son.

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  • It is a mistake to suppose that he regarded the stars as so many suns.

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  • The seat of the hunting man is the most important of any connected with amusement; he must sit firm, so as not to be thrown off when his horse leaps, or makes a mistake, and he must be able to save his horse under all circumstances, and to make as much of him as possible.

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  • His murderers evidently found out their mistake and repented of it, for the bishop's body was found at sea floating in a canoe, covered with a palm fibre matting, and a palm-branch in his hand.

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  • In the Prologue to the "Parson's Tale" (so) there is, on the other hand, a mistake of Chaucer's own, which no judicious critic would think of removing, the constellation Libra being said to be "the moon's exaltation" when it should be Saturn's.

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  • This Mistake Having Been Discovered, Augustus Ordered That All The Years From The Thirtyseventh Of The Era To The Forty Eighth Inclusive Should Be Common Years, By Which Means The Intercalations Were Reduced To The Proper Number Of Twelve In Forty Eight Years.

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  • Its principal, though perhaps least obvious advantage, consists in its being entirely independent of astronomical tables, or indeed of any celestial phenomena whatever; so that all chances of disagreement arising from the inevitable errors of tables, or the uncertainty of observation, are avoided, and Easter determined without the possibility of mistake.

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  • He made one fatal mistake - he dreamt of the French frontier being the Rhine and the Scheldt, and that a Spanish princess might bring the Spanish Netherlands as dowry to Louis XIV.

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  • It was while in exile at Briihl that Mazarin saw the mistake he had made in isolating himself and the queen, and that his policy of balancing every party in the state against each other had made every party distrust him.

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  • He is said to have become a convert to Islam; this report was probably a mistake for the undisputed fact that he embraced Roman Catholicism.

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  • There is no doubt that Leucas fits the Homeric descriptions much better than Ithaca; but, on the other hand, many scholars maintain that it is a mistake to treat the imaginary descriptions of a poet as if they were portions of a guide-book, or to look, in the author of the Odyssey, for a close familiarity with the geography of the Ionian islands.

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  • Nobody can mistake the Schellingian and Hegelian nature of this conclusion.

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  • In modern times, Spinoza, by a mere mistake, changed the meaning of " substance " from " existing apart " to " existing alone," and consistently concluded that there is only one.

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  • But their psychological method and idealism produced another mistake - the tendency to a modicum of realism, as much as seemed to this or that author to follow from psychological idealism.

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  • Hamilton, in fact, made the double mistake of limiting knowledge to what we can conceive, and confusing the determinate with the finite or limited.

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  • Apart from the importance of seeing the Russo-Japanese War through, there were important negotiations on foot for a renewal or revision of the treaty with Japan; and it was felt that on these grounds it would be a mistake for the government to allow itself to be driven into a premature dissolution, unless it found itself unable to maintain a majority in parliament.

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  • It is now generally recognized that, while the general character of the palace at Tiryns is invaluable as illustrating the type of house in the mind of the Homeric poet, it is a mistake to appeal to it for the explanation of details of arrangement such as probably varied considerably according to the conditions and requirements in different cases.

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  • Itagaki made the mistake of memorializing the government at the moment when its very existence was imperilled by the Satsuma rebellion (1877), and this evidentdisposition to take advantage of a great public peril went far to alienate the sympathies of the cabinet.

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  • It is a mistake to stint the quantity of piping, since it is far more economical and better for the plants to have a larger surface heated moderately than a smaller surface heated excessively.

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  • It is quite a mistake to suppose that, apart from the chlorophyll function, the physiology of the fungus-cell is fundamentally different from that of ordinary plant-cells.

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  • With regard to the rearing of the Persian lamb, there is a prevalent idea that the skins of the unborn lamb are frequently used; this, however, is a mistake.

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  • The fact is that the mistake, if made, only hastened the inevitable catastrophe.

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  • In 1587 he left Bologna for Pisa, and there, in his quality of professor, he made the curious mistake of printing Alberti's comedy Philodoxius as a work of the classic Lepidus.

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  • We mistake the sub j ective transition resting upon custom or past experience for an objective connexion independent of special feelings.

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  • The only mistake that seems possible is that he may have conferred a later title upon the emissaries of the Church of Ephesus.

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  • Clement's accession at once brought about a political change in favour of France; yet he was unable to take a strong line, and wavered between the emperor and Francis I., concluding a treaty of alliance with the French king, and then, when the crushing defeat of Pavia had shown him his mistake, making his peace with Charles (April 1, 1525), only to break it again by countenancing Girolamo Morone's League of Freedom, of which the aim was to assert the independence of Italy from foreign powers.

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  • This treaty proved to be a great mistake on Denmark's part, but circumstances seemed at the time to warrant it.

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  • According to Aubrey, Selden left him an equal bequest, but this seems to be a mistake.

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  • The introduction of Chinese seed and Chinese methods was a mistake, and there seems little reason to doubt that, in clearing jungle for tea planting, fine indigenous tea was frequently destroyed unwittingly in order to plant the inferior China variety.

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  • Many people still Cherish the antiquated belief that black and green teas are grown upon different varieties of the tea-plant, which is quite a mistake, the difference being merely one of preparation.

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  • But this was a great mistake.

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  • A mistake at the outset would probably have been fatal to him, but he saw the dangers of his position and moved so warily that in less than a year he had obtained the alliance of the elector of Saxony, a consequence of the terrible sack of Magdeburg by the imperialists in May 1631 and of the devastation of the electorate by Tilly.

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  • Before these events Ferdinand had realized how serious had been his mistake in dismissing Wallenstein, and after some delay his agents persuaded the great general to emerge from his retirement.

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  • Ultimately the Greek East was absorbed by Islam; the popular mistake lies in supposing that the Hellenistic tradition thereby came to an end.

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  • But Mahomet's mistake consists in persistent and slavish adherence to the semi-poetic form which he had at first adopted in accordance with his own taste and that of his hearers.

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  • The beginning of this reign coincided with the beginning of the Crusades, and al-Aflal made the fatal mistake of helping the Franks by rescuing Jerusalem from the Ortokids, thereby, facilitating its conquest by the Franks in 1099.

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  • The public announcement of the latter was a grave mistake, which increased General Gordons difficulties, and the situation at Khartum grew steadily worse.

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  • Under the impression, in consequence of a furious charge of Austrian cavalry, that the battle was lost, he rode rapidly away at an early stage of the struggle - a mistake which gave rise for a time to the groundless idea that he lacked personal courage.

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  • He had already gained some popularity by writing in favour of reform, and in 1819 he issued A defence of the People in reply to Lord Erskine's "Two Defences of the Whigs," followed by A trifling mistake in Thomas, Lord Erskine's recent preface.

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  • Here, in confidence begotten of friendly chats over afternoon tea, the disillusioned autocrat confessed his mistake.

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  • The theory that stories from the earlier life have been imported by mistake into the later, even if tenable, applies only to three of the miracles, and leaves.

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  • The latter mistake, it is to be noted, has been much more common than the former.

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  • Themselves giving up this world as hopeless, and looking for salvation in the next, they naturally thought the Buddhists must do the same, and in the absence of any authentic scriptures, to correct the mistake, they interpreted Nirvana, in terms of their own belief, as a state to be reached after death.

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  • A common mistake is to regard them as a black race, as indicated by the old English phrase "Black-aMoor," i.e.

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  • For while Hegel, depending on a numerical proportion suggested by Plato, hinted in a single sentence that it might be a mistake to look for a planet between Mars and Jupiter, Giuseppe Piazzi (q.v.) had already discovered the first of the asteroids (Ceres) on the ist of January 1801.

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  • The mind coming through a thousand phases of mistake and disappointment to a sense and realization of its true position in the universe - such is the drama which is consciously Hegel's own history, but is represented objectively as the process of spiritual history which the philosopher reproduces in himself.

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  • A graver mistake, according to some critics, is that Hegel, far from giving a law of progress, seems to suggest that the history of the world is nearing an end, and has merely reduced the past to a logical formula.

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  • It was followed by his greatest mistake.

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  • The mistake was made of paying very low salaries to the officials, who took this as a justification for illegal exactions.

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  • It is the mistake of exaggerating exceptional into normal forms of thought, and ignoring the principle that a rational being thinks only to the point.

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  • Jevons, in his Principles of Science, constantly makes the same sort of mistake.

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  • They also expressed the opinion that carbolic acid was a valuable agent in restraining tetanus growth when added to plague prophylactic, ' and they, therefore, thought that its omission was a grave mistake.

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  • Finally as to such historical difficulties in Acts as still perplex the student of the Apostolic age, one must remember the possibilities of mistake intervening between the facts and the accounts reaching its author, at second or even third hand.

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  • Such a mistake was far more likely to arise in oral transmission of the speech, before it reached Luke at all.

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  • Thucydides notices as a popular mistake the belief that Hipparchus was the eldest son of Peisistratus, and that consequently he was the reigning " tyrant " when he was killed by Aristogiton.

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  • It would be a great mistake to suppose, however, that the influence of the president was fairly appreciated during his term of office, or that he himself was uniformly respected.

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  • It is a mistake, however, to characterize him as an enemy to the Union.

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  • While, therefore, it is a profound mistake to regard Bacon as a great constructive philosopher, or even as a lonely pioneer of modern thought, it is quite unfair to speak of him as a trifler.

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  • Suetonius, Valerius Maximus, Appian and Dio Cassius all state that, at Caesar's funeral, a certain Helvius Cinna was killed by mistake for Cornelius Cinna, the conspirator.

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  • It may not be out of place here to correct the mistake, which is by no means uncommon, that the terms Particular and General as applied to Baptist congregations were intended to express this difference in their practice, whereas these terms related, as has been already said, to the difference in their doctrinal views.

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  • It is a mistake to say will means for Schopenhauer only force.

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  • This of itself shows that it is a mistake to reckon Marcion among the Gnostics.

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  • It is a mistake, however, to send those in whom the disease is very far advanced away from home and friends, because when there is no hope of cure it is better for them to die in comfort at home.

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  • He sought to remedy the mistake which had been made, and in 1858 he submitted a scheme of federation between the various South African states.

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  • The introduction of this large alien element, leading from 1895 onwards to the passing of restrictive measures in Natal, was a mistake which South Africans elsewhere had no desire to repeat.

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  • It is a great mistake to suppose that because he took no great part in politics he had no interest in the practical questions of his time, or that he was so immersed in metaphysics as to live in the clouds.

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  • Although there was in the end a reaction from this extreme, yet it is impossible to mistake the bearing of all this upon a practical system of morals.

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  • That it is a mistake to consider him a narrow churchman is shown by his assisting in 1718 at the ordination of Elisha Callender in the First Baptist Church of Boston.

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  • The process described by Quincke is somewhat elaborate; but there is little difficulty in repeating the experiment if the mistake be avoided of using a free surface already contaminated, as almost inevitably happens when the mercury is poured from an ordinary bottle.

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  • He had now almost no personal following, mainly owing to the grave mistake he had made in not forming an alliance with the Rockingham party.

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  • It is a mistake to say that he grew more conservative in later years; but his judgment grew more generous and catholic. He was a greater orator than man of letters, and his sermons in New York were delivered to large audiences, averaging one thousand at the Masonic Temple, and were printed each week; in eloquence and in the charm of his spoken word he was probably surpassed in his day by none save George William Curtis.

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  • It would, however, be a mistake to imagine that Joinville's book is exclusively or even mainly a chronicle of small beer.

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  • From their land four rivers flowed into the Maeotis, but as one of them, the Oarus, is almost certainly the Volga, there must be some mistake about this.

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  • It is derived from the vernacular word for the cow, but it is a mistake to suppose that the family are of the cowherd caste; they belong to the upper class of Mahrattas proper, sometimes claiming a Rajput origin.

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  • The language of the Avesta is still frequently called Zend; but, as already implied, this is a mistake.

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  • The former is dated in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, though Wellhausen suspects that the date is a mistake, and that the real occasion was the death of Josiah.

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  • In 181 2 he committed the serious mistake of accepting a well-paid ornamental mission to Lisbon, which he was about to visit for the health of his eldest son.

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  • It soon became apparent to Newton's relatives that they were making a great mistake in attempting to turn him into a farmer, and he was therefore sent back again to school at Grantham.

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  • It appears that Newton made the mistake of supposing that all prisms would give a spectrum of exactly the same length; the objections of his opponents led him to measure carefully the lengths of spectra formed by prisms of different angles and of different refractive indices; and it seems strange that he was not led thereby to the discovery of the different dispersive powers of different refractive substances.

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  • After making a mistake and producing a different result he corrected his work and obtained his former result.

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  • This was the greatest mistake of his reign.

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  • Unfortunately for himself he made the mistake of requiring too much from Baliolforcing him to cede Lothian, Tweeddale and the larger part of Galloway, and to promise a tribute.

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  • Yet the state of the English dominions on the continent was not satisfactory; in building up the vast duchy of Aquitaine Edward had made a radical mistake.

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  • Walpole took good care never to repeat the mistake of the Sacheverell trial.

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  • A distinguished foreign statesman observed that Lord Palmerston had made a mistake.

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  • It made the great mistake of underrating the strength of its enemy; it suffered its agents to commit the strategical blunder of locking up the few troops it had in an untenable position in the north of Natal.

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  • This hand-wheel has merely to be turned one way for starting the hot-blowing, and the opposite way for gas-making, to open and shut all the connexions, without any mistake being possible on the part of the attendant.

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  • There is more force in the charge that his Hellenic sympathies prevented him from seeing the innate weakness and mutual jealousies of the Greek states of that period, whose only hope of peace and safety lay in submitting to the protectorate of the Roman republic. But if the event proved that the liberation of Greece was a political mistake, it was a noble and generous mistake, and reflects nothing but honour on the name of Flamininus, "the liberator of the Greeks."

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  • It is certain that in shrouding his own character he checked the communication of others to himself, and so could continue to the end of his career the costly mistake of being theatrical in England.

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  • He was present at Princeton; was chiefly responsible for the mistake in attacking the "Chew House" at Germantown; urged New York as the objective of the campaign of 1778; served with efficiencylat Monmouth and at Yorktown; and after the surrender of Cornwallis was promoted major-general, and served as a commissioner on the exchange of prisoners.

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  • The mistake of earlier advocates of determinism lay in the supposition that self-conscious moral action could be explained by the use of the same categories and upon the same hypotheses usually considered sufficient to explain the causal sequences observable in the physical world.

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  • In Greek mythology the term was specially applied to the stone supposed to have been swallowed by Cronus (who feared misfortune from his own children) in mistake for his infant son Zeus, for whom it had been substituted by Uranus and Gaea, his wife's parents (Etymologicum Magnum, s.v.).

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  • Wherever the noblest expressions of her mind are honoured, wherever the large conceptions of Pericles command the admiration of statesmen, wherever the architect and the sculptor love to dwell on the masterpieces of Ictinus and Pheidias, wherever the spell of ideal beauty or of lofty contemplation is exercised by the creations of Sophocles or of Plato, there it will be remembered that the spirit which wrought in all these would have passed sooner from among men, if it had not been recalled from a trance, which others were content to mistake for the last sleep, by the passionate breath of Demosthenes.

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  • It would be a mistake to suppose that his success was as rapid or as complete as is generally assumed.

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  • They will mistake this tradition of local origin for one of actual parentage, and will come to believe that, like certain Homeric heroes, they are the sons of a river (now personified), or of a mountain, or, like a tribe mentioned by Garcilasso de la Vega, that they are descended from the sea.

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  • If this is a mistake (and not a variant tradition) it is a very remarkable one.

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  • During his stay here Ricci was convinced that a mistake had been made in adopting a dress resembling that of the bonzes, a class who were the objects either of superstition or of contempt.

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  • Fair and Their great mistake had lain in becoming rich, and the rich to excess, through serving as bankers to princes, Teniplars.

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  • Through lassitude or disinterestedness the men of 1791, Oh Robespierres suggestion, had committed one last mistake, by leaving the task of putting the constitution into practice to new men even more inexperienced than themselves.

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  • To attempt at this stage a psychological inquiry into the origin of these conceptions would be doubly a mistake; for we should have to use these unlegitimated conceptions in the course of it, and the task of clearing up their contradictions would still remain, whether we succeeded in our enquiry or not.

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  • At the eleventh hour he attempted to retrieve his mistake by vague promises of amendment, chiefly because all the opposition groups, above all Sagasta and the Liberals, announced their intention of adopting much the same programme as the National Union.

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  • As regards the tonic, accent and the treatment of the vowels which come after it, Castilian may be said to be essentially a paroxytonic language, though it does not altogether refuse proparoxytonic accentuation and it would be a mistake to regard vocables like 1dm para, lagrima, rdpido, &c., as learned words.

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  • It was conducted on both sides with unseemly violence, and those who most approved of Grosseteste's main purpose thought it needful to warn him against the mistake of over-zeal.

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  • It may appear absurd to a geologist that any one could mistake a Cretaceous flora for one of Miocene date, since the marine animals are completely different and the differences are striking.

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  • Only now could he realize what a mistake it would have been to marry Tessa.

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  • The mistake had been made and she had no choice but to acknowledge it and get on with her life.

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  • Yes, I'm willing to admit, my last venture was a foolish mistake.

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  • But it's not as if I took advantage of Jen— it was a mistake.

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  • He's about to lead my demons to the underworld.  With the Immortals in disarray and Death's … mistake, I can own the underworld before Rhyn can control his power enough to stop me.

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  • The only mistake was you screwing around with the big boys in the first place.

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  • It was a mistake typing the note—Jeffrey Byrne's office said he didn't type.

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  • Her gaze fell first to the vamps Jonny must've sent who made the mistake she'd avoided.

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  • We apologize for the mistake and the inconvenience.

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  • The dictionary definition of a blunder is "a gross mistake."

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  • The egregious mistake these couples made was not spending enough time seriously planning for a lifetime together in marriage.

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  • The play could not engender enough sympathy for Phillip Gellburg, a mistake which cannot be blamed on the script.

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  • It was the effect of undue influence, suspicious circumstances, fraud and mistake.

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  • He failed to engender enough sympathy for Phillip Gellburg, a mistake which cannot be blamed on the script.

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  • The two rodents had made the mistake of stopping under a tree inhabited by those pesky hairless apes.

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  • And she was so apologetic because she hadn't caught the mistake.

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  • The Author solicits public indulgence; she will, if we mistake not, meet with public approbation.

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  • As with legacy asp, however, it is a mistake to cache database connections.

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  • The most common mistake with the high pull is the over use of the upper body muscles to lift the barbell.

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  • I made a mistake here, assuming she could hold a beanbag.

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  • Have limited import mistake hindered the produced equally blackened images thompson's letter to.

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  • The most mistake -filled movies... of continuity mistakes, movie bloopers, and movie goofs... movie plot summary site.

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  • An extra bracket Including an extra closing bracket, or omitting a bracket, is a common mistake.

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  • It would be a mistake to expect this publication to serve as a ' how to ' guide for teaching and reading Braille.

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  • Veronica put the charcoal briquette on Archie's plate by mistake.

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  • I believe this mistake was caused by the actor not being able to see the chessboard through his helmet.

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  • Big mistake, especially as the son wields a large meat cleaver and isn't fussed about who he kills.

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  • This option would also explain how I came to mistake Mr Drummond for a somnolent old codger.

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  • There is another mistake that we can easily make that might lead us to despair that we will ever know contentment.

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  • Trust is the key factor in any relationship, but one mistake can prove destructive.

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  • Isabella Dougan has been left disabled by the alleged mistake and is now largely confined to a wheelchair.

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  • Incredibly dumb mistake on my part while creating 2.3 which led to problems even worse than those in 2.2 is now fixed.

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  • This honest mistake, however, resulted from the inherent failings of Wales ' own creation.

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  • She was absolutely faultless at it, never ever making a mistake.

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  • And very rarely have I ordered an item which is either faulty, or the wrong item has come by mistake.

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  • However, I have noticed that if she makes a minor mistake, she does get rather flustered and needs to be assured.

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  • If some of you never heard THE gitS you've made the worst mistake in your life HaHaHa!

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  • Some pool owners make the mistake of using these stabilized chlorine granules for " shock " treatment!

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  • Make no mistake -- these slammin ' new dance and hip-hop grooves are instantly ready for primetime.

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  • Mistake number 3. Martin's entry cost 80 guilders, with 50 back for return of the chip and mine was just 15 guilders.

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  • At the other end of the scale we developed a real howler of a scenario where the nurse made every mistake in the book.

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  • Our man made no mistake, leading a diamond to extract the maximum penalty, and we gained 13 imps.

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  • A mistake, even a serious one will not suffice, nor will mere inadvertence.

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  • Make no mistake we also have a good senior judiciary which is the envy of the world.

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  • To simply have some ketchup would destroy all of the tension that we have tried to build - this would be a terrible mistake.

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  • The area years mistake hindered the felt that if phenomenon of long-lived luminescence.

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  • Do not mistake; do not run into the thought that these ends being worthy ones must sanctify the means employed to reach them.

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  • Do n't make the mistake that we have gone soft.

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  • The defendant 's solicitors promptly pointed out the mistake in the name of the defendant.

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  • You made a spelling mistake ' then I 'd get back under your rock not bother.

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  • Sorry to say that it is a mistake to think that there is only one SPENCER family.

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  • This sequel to Campbell's 1998 hit The Mask of Zorro made the fatal mistake of undermining the masked swordsman by challenging his very relevance.

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  • But if you 're tempted to dismiss his work for that, you 'd be making a mistake.

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  • Humans made a mistake, sinned even, but it did not change their fundamental theomorphic character.

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  • He made no mistake from six yards out, thumping the ball into the roof of the net.

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  • I just want a token acknowledgment that you made a mistake.

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  • He says, We 'd have Torchwood on our backs then, make no mistake !

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  • However, any typo error or mistake will be the author 's sole responsibility.

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  • We wonder whether there has been a typographical mistake here.

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  • How am I supposed to unmake the world 's biggest mistake.

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  • A mistake of fact in some circumstances could vitiate the contract.

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  • In reply Broadbottom made no mistake winning by six wickets.

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  • Also in this section AIDS worsened by homelessness Proposed bill targets travel rights Mugabeâs biggest mistake?

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  • The engine wouldn’t start so clearly I’d done something wrong when putting it back together, but realizing this gave me no insight into how to fix my mistake.

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  • If the manager won’t apologize when he’s made a mistake, how can he expect his employees to admit to their errors?

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  • If we collaborate on the task, we will be less likely to make a mistake.

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  • Whe the robot started going amok and could not be controlled, the engineers realized they had made a terrible mistake in the programming.

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  • Your inclination will be to maintain the status quo, a huge mistake personally and professionally.

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  • While you can gain valuable insight into the world of international adoption, you may be making a grave mistake to assume you can save money without professional help.

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  • Zantac has been approved by the FDA, but make no mistake about its power---it is a strong drug!

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  • Many parents will make the mistake of speaking with their pediatrician only; however, pediatricians are not qualified to determine if a child needs therapy.

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  • Don't make the mistake of trying out a new camera at this very special event!

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  • Many parents make the mistake of keeping their children up for longer periods hoping that they will sleep better when they do take a nap.

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  • Many parents make the mistake of always helping babies go to sleep.

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  • Lemon laws are generally designed to cover when a shoddy piece of merchandise makes its way to the floor through an honest mistake.

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  • If the wrong book comes, call the customer service department at the online store where you made the purchase and proceed to make arrangements for returning the mistake and having the actual book you ordered sent out.

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  • The biggest mistake people make when planting a tree is to plant too deep.

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  • A $100 textbook that's wrong for the course is an expensive mistake.

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  • Avoid the mistake of waiting for the creditor to contact you.

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  • It would be a mistake to assume that minor children always remain with the mother when a marriage breaks down.

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  • The biggest mistake people tend to make when purchasing seat cushions is getting ones that are too small.

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  • Many girls make the mistake of choosing prom makeup which is dramatically different from the makeup they normally wear.

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  • The skin on your hands won't necessarily be the same color as the skin on your face, so make sure you don't make this common mistake!

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  • Many Goths make the mistake of forcing their skin to be as white as possible.

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  • So, I think the biggest mistake people make is not taking enough pictures and not doing enough on an amateur level.

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  • The best way to avoid this kind of mistake is to verify that you have the right eye shadow and makeup color for your eye color.

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  • If you think you were billed unfairly, by mistake, or illegally, you do have recourse.

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  • Even if you do make a mistake, the customer service department will likely be happy to help.

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  • If you see a mistake, or think of something else you'd like to add, select "Edit" and if, on second thought, you don't want to share those thoughts with the world, you still have the option to "Cancel" the entry.

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  • If you're worried about making a mistake when you're gluing down page elements, you can even purchase a repositionable glue stick that will allow you to move items if needed.

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  • It will also ensure that you have a backup image just in case you happen to make a photo editing mistake.

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  • A boot-fitting mistake can usually be corrected.

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  • The width of the board is often ignored, which is a mistake.

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  • For example, one mistake people make is not making their time management system accessible to a preferred media.

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  • Don't make the mistake of assuming that if a person is talking about committing suicide that they aren't serious about going through with it.

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  • The magic of a diet is in how you move past a mistake.

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  • If you make a mistake, ask for a new one instead of scribbling out your answer.

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  • Use your mistake as an opportunity to grow as a person and refrain from making the same mistake in the future.

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  • It is a safe bet to say that you are not the only person to ever make whatever mistake you have made.

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  • According to legend, however, a few of the best men made the mistake of becoming too friendly with the bride, and thus, they have been ever after banished to the groom's side instead.

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  • However, choosing the cheapest Houston limousine rental is a huge mistake if the company is so unreliable that you miss your own wedding!

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  • Remember that even if you do make a mistake, the only thing that matters is that your spouse knows how much you love him/her on your wedding day.

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  • If the mistake is critical (e.g. wedding date, time, etc.), reprint the invitation.

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  • One mistake many couples make is not buying enough candy for their buffet.

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  • Many people mistake alcohol poisoning symptoms as typically drunk behavior such as passing out or vomiting uncontrollably.

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  • The consequences of this mistake can cost you the life of a friend, family member or even yourself.

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  • Being unable to admit to having made a mistake may be part of the reason for a pattern of compulsive lying in children.

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  • Make no mistake, children's bedding is designed this way for a reason.

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  • If you make a mistake, try wiping off the frosting with a flat spatula and replacing it in a pastry bag so you can pipe over the same area again.

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  • If you or the kids make a mistake or want to adjust the spacing of the marshmallows, make sure it is done soon after completing the Easter bunny cake.

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  • Same Mistake, Carry You Home, and I Really Want You were also released off the same album.

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  • A mistake on a school paper led to "Emmit" being spelled "Emmitt".

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  • Jerry Seinfeld offered a statement to smooth the waters and identify that the offensive comments Richards made were "a horrible, horrible mistake."

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  • The only explanation that was given for such a huge medical mistake is that the Heparin was "stored improperly".

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  • You know she was screaming "I told you so!" in her head because she did tell him he was making a huge mistake by choosing Melissa over her.

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  • She goes on to say that for her, the reconciliation was a mistake and she was embarrassed and ashamed of herself for going back to him.

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  • Whether it's a fashion faux pas, a wardrobe malfunction, or silly stunt gone wrong, everyone makes an embarrassing mistake at one time or another.

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  • While a select few hailed the ensemble as avant-garde, the general consensus was that it was a major mistake for the style-challenged star.

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  • The most common red carpet mistake is when two celebrities show up wearing the same outfit.

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  • The only question is, when is an "oops" moment an genuine mistake, and when is it a ploy for publicity?

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  • George Clooney - When Clooney left his role on the television show ER, a lot of people thought he was making a big mistake.

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  • While it would be easy to mistake the character for a trophy wife married to a rich, older man, Gloria is anything but, and definitely holds her own in the family, thanks to the influence of her portrayer, Vergara.

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  • Many students make the mistake of thinking long, rambling sentences will make them sound more intelligent, but studies have shown that concise language is the most effective.

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  • It's a mistake not to prioritize scholarships, though.

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  • He sees many of his clients making the same mistake over and over again.

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  • Baldwin made a well-intentioned but devastating mistake in renaming German Shepherds, calling them Alsatian Wolf Dogs.

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  • The word "No" is the command that let's your dog know he's made a mistake, something he's bound to do a lot during early training.

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  • Other training dogs in the area may also mistake the audio command as meant for them.

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  • If someone else requested the test, then they are probably already pursuing the breeder for the mistake.

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  • These are the best cheese crackers you can make for yourself and your dogs as a treat!Every year and only once a year, I make these cheese crackers, and let me tell you it was purely by mistake that I found out my dog Cappy just loves them.

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  • If they make a mistake, they will forget about it, and we must forget as well.

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  • Used sparingly, its effect is often perhaps more telling, but it is a mistake to use this or any such vegetables in the flower garden.

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  • Amateurs often make a mistake in this matter.

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  • The great mistake with a bulb like this is to have two or three, or even a dozen, in a clump.

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  • This tree, more than most other Pines, illustrates the mistake of supposing that conifers should be clothed to the ground with branches, as the natural habit of such trees is often to shed their branches as other trees shed their leaves.

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  • In such a noble family of trees, often fine in form and color, the planting of variegated kinds is a mistake.

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  • Many make the mistake of putting on the seeds at or about Christmas-time before they have ripened enough to grow.

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  • The name is a mistake, as the flowers are mauve.

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  • The attempt Common in catalogues to divide these from the hybrid Teas is a mistake, and the best way is simply to make a list of the ones that best answer the helm and give them first and sufficient place.

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  • It is a mistake to plant it on high exposed places or in hot sandy soil.

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  • Watering the lawn too often is a common mistake.

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  • Many people make the mistake of over-pruning their palm trees.

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  • Many people make the mistake of thinking that because strawberries like their soil well drained, they also don't like to be watered a lot.

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  • Clematis are actually fairly tough plants, and if you prune them too vigorously, they're apt to forgive your mistake and still flower the following year.

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  • The tall, fern-like fronds are actually produced by the asparagus plants themselves; don't mistake them for weeds.

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  • This makes a personalized guitar pick that your fellow musicians will never mistake as their own and try to walk off with it.

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  • If you make a mistake on a few elements or notes, don't dwell on it.

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  • When you purchase the molding, buy more than you need so you can finish the job even if you make a mistake in cutting.

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  • However, the expensive materials involved make even a small mistake a costly one.

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  • Always buy more product than you need just in case you make a mistake.

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  • Are the materials expensive if you make a mistake and ruin them?

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  • Is there a risk of injury or serious damage to the home if you make a mistake?

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  • If it is too short, the focus becomes your midsection - a major mistake if you are at all overweight.

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  • They do say that shoes make the man, so don't make the mistake of overlooking your footwear in a business casual setting.

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  • White socks are certainly acceptable when they are worn with athletic shoes, but don't make the mistake of pairing them with a pair of crisp trousers and sleek dress shoes!

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  • Don't mistake lightweight jackets for being incapable, though; an ideal waterproof jacket will still perform.

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  • Their 100 percent satisfaction guarantee means you never have to worry about making a shopping mistake.

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  • Look for beef that is labeled as "certified organic." Many people mistake beef labeled as "natural" with organic beef, but they are not the same thing.

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  • These bags take centuries to biodegrade and either sit in landfills across the country, or kill animals and birds that mistake them for food.

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  • When buying sweaters, don't make a common plus size mistake and choose the biggest, roomiest garment you can find.

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  • While some people are tempted to go with an empire waist because they think it hides their midsection, that is a mistake.

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  • The biggest mistake most people make is only wearing sunscreen if they can see the sun.

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  • It would be a mistake to assume that you can't learn anything more about safety issues, and after an accident has occurred, it is too late to think about the things you should have done instead.

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  • All too often, people who wear eyeglasses are at least tempted to make the mistake of choosing between protective eyewear and vision correction rather than wearing Rx-safety goggles.

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  • Don't make the mistake of thinking that entrepreneurial ventures are only for younger adults or those who have more knowledge than you.

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  • Do not make the mistake of thinking that all insurance companies charge the same rates for the same amount of coverage.

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  • It's just about impossible to mistake a Fendi.

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  • To ensure that you don't buy counterfeit Police glasses by mistake, make sure that you are buying from an authorized dealer.

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  • What many sellers (and buyers) can do, however, is mistake a pair of M frames for vintage Blades.

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  • A good idea is to save the game before going into the shop, that way if you make a mistake, you can go back and try again to get the best results..

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  • You are allowed five, but you are penalized 20 minutes per mistake.

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  • The Super License in Gran Turismo 4 is extremely hard to get because one teeny mistake and you're done.

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  • Fortunately, the Prince will get access to "Recall" the famous reversing time option that allows you to move back a few seconds to allow you to correct a mistake.

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  • Reverse time with "Recall" and correct a careless mistake.

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  • It's no mistake Shigeru Miyamoto wants to keep Mario a cartoon; he wants us to be able to identify with him.

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  • This also resulted in a far slower speed of gameplay, given the crucial element speed plays in the series this became a somewhat crucial mistake on the developer's part.

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  • Remember to actually go forward, rather than angled down, which is a mistake a lot of gamers make.

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  • The headstart could be a mistake, or it could be a great advantage.

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  • Make no mistake about it, these are profound wines, all.

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  • To me, a Côtes-du-Rhône, Syrah, Shiraz, Grenache/Garnacha wines are never a mistake as a country wine picnic wines.

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  • When this bottle was pulled out after tasting, I thought whoever brought it made a mistake and did not buy a kosher wine.

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  • If you don't have a clue of what to give, I always default to Champagne and a bottle of Dom Perignon, and while perhaps it's a hackneyed gift it is for a reason-it's always appreciated and never a mistake.

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  • Don't forget you are less than an hour from Santa Barbara and staying and eating there is never a mistake, plus there's a beach.

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  • It is a good idea to try to get metal models because they can be taken apart and reassembled if you make a mistake.

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  • Never mistake a "bag of potatoes" for a "bad Winnebago" again.

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  • No one will mistake an iPod shuffle for an iPod touch, after all.

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  • They are concerned with pleasing the parent, and may fear the punishment for admitting a mistake or misdeed.

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  • The reason for deferring immunization is to avoid superimposing a reaction to the vaccine on the underlying illness or attributing symptoms of the underlying illness to the vaccine by mistake.

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  • A common mistake for beginners is to put too much weight on the arms in a counter-balancing movement - but in the basic, at no time is the follow's weight supported by the lead's hands.

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  • A common mistake that beginner ballroom dancers make is to assume that any nice dress - say, a bridesmaid dress or disco outfit - will do.

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  • Other dance moves may seem somewhat similar to Western forms such as ballet, but it would be a mistake to think that they are directly influenced by that kind of dance.

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  • One mistake many beginning dancers make is to think that dance step diagrams can be a substitute for actual instructors.

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  • This is a huge mistake, because all dances are far more than just footwork.

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  • There may be a mistake in the spelling of your ancestor's name.

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  • This same mistake is made throughout the other rooms in the house when color is applied based purely on the direction of the room.

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  • The biggest mistake most people make when considering health symbols or other feng shui symbols is to overuse them.

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  • It's a mistake to believe that an updo hairstyle requires a lot of specialized equipment or products.

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  • When learning how to do hair, the most common mistake is to not use the proper equipment.

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  • Emo is not the same thing as gothic, and many young teenagers make the unfortunate mistake of dying their blonde hair black or a deep red in order to attempt an emo look.

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  • This is the simplest part of the cut, as bangs grow out quickly if you make a mistake.

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  • It may seem like a lot of work now, but doing so will help to ensure that you don't make a mistake when it comes time to color!

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  • Making a common mistake such as not using the correct version of there, their or they're will not be caught by spell check.

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  • If your child misses a problem, have him go back and fix the mistake.

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  • Many interviewees make the mistake of emphasizing what they hope to get out of the job rather than on what they can contribute to the business.

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  • Legal documents must be prepared carefully to avoid errors; a mistake can have significant consequences and may even cost a client money.

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  • But, they work long hours in a field plagued with litigation and they have to live with the knowledge that a single mistake could result in the loss of another person's life.

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  • The second mistake is not demonstrating to the interviewer that you have done your homework.

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  • The third mistake that almost all applicants make is that they focus on their past experience and fail to sell their skills.

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  • This can protect you from making a big and costly mistake.

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  • If your lender is not reputable, your refinance could be a costly mistake.

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  • Deciding on a mortgage broker without doing any research beforehand can be a costly mistake.

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  • Don't make the mistake of assuming that since a home is brand new it must be perfectly free of any defects of problems.

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  • Legally, the homeowner must be notified of the date of the sale using a variety of methods so there is no mistake as to what is about to occur.

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  • Even a small mistake at the beginning can throw off an entire flower.

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  • This will enable you to create the project several times even if you make a mistake along the way.

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  • If you make a mistake, you simply unfold the towel and start again.

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  • If you think you may have made a mistake, performing a second early pregnancy test the following day should eliminate the confusion.

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  • Some who do mistake it for a period and do not discover a pregnancy until they are further along in gestation.

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  • Because some light cramping and PMS-like symptoms may occur along with the bleeding, women who are not trying to conceive can mistake this for a short period.

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  • With typical use, allowing for the occasional mistake, effectiveness is probably only about 95%.

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  • While there are over-the-counter products that can help you find out if you have a yeast infection (which could cause the vaginal discharge you are experiencing), you shouldn't make the mistake of trying to diagnose yourself.

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  • Many women mistake implantation bleeding for the start of their next period.

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  • Not all instances of it are recognized, however, since many women mistake it for a period.

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  • It is a common mistake to ignore whether the cell phone service has good coverage in the geographic areas where you will be making and receiving most of your calls.

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  • Make sure that the driver puts it in the van and no one takes your bag by mistake.

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  • Larger women often make the mistake of thinking they should cover up as much as possible, when a well-cut two piece can sometimes be more flattering.

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  • Another mistake commonly made when swimming at the beach or pool is falling asleep on the shore or lounge chair and getting a strange sunburn.

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  • The most common mistake made with respect to kid' swimsuits is machine washing and drying them.

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  • And make no mistake, though the Marc by Marc Jacobs bikinis maybe be a few hundred dollars less than Jacobs' signature line, these swimsuits are still found within the range of luxury swimwear.

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  • I haven't put any pressure on us and have told her that she would be committing a mistake if she were to love someone out of sympathy.

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  • Other than turning to you and telling you she made a mistake when she left you, what has your girlfriend done to earn your trust?

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