Sentences with phrase «to be off the mark»

My whip would be off the mark by just a hair but still hit my enemy.

They say he lacks leadership skills and is off the mark on handling the state's fiscal situation.

You have some great ideas and others that I think are off the mark.

Those who were off the mark don't get punished.

Also paid up capital does not include retained earnings and this factor could very well be off the mark but its a start.

Now things may change as time goes on, or I could just be off the mark.

But his performances have been off the mark so far and haven't warranted a first - team place.

He scored 11 goals in 35 appearances last season, and already is off the mark this term.

In this book, as in other venues, she argues that not only is that law an imperfect piece of legislation, but its target is off the mark.

The current debate is off the mark, part 1.

A lot of it has been off the mark too.

Now 20 years later, you find your prediction is off the mark.

Unfortunately, there is no «one size fits all» approach, so numbers that may make sense for one management team may be off the mark for another one.

Tests that are off the mark don't help anyone.

Also paid up capital does not include retained earnings and this factor could very well be off the mark but its a start.

Analysts and pundits were off the mark with that prediction, as instead Apple chose to release the i — Phone 5C as a replacement for the i — Phone 5, which in the past the company would have continued to sell at a $ 99 price point on contract.

«Ontario First Nations are off the mark when they say it is a loss because they are not dealing with Ottawa,» says Gallagher.

We've talked about this before — how using shelter intake and euthanasia numbers to gauge the effectiveness of a trap - neuter - return (TNR) program is off the mark because it doesn't detail trends in the population of cats outside.

Then again, if PIT receipts for December and January are off the mark as much as September's, the added shortfall would translate into a more significant, added problem of $ 777 million.

Pedro's opening strike against the Azeris was the Blues» 250th goal in Europe's blue riband event, while two new men are off the mark.

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In a paper entitled «Why Canada Has No Retirement Crisis,» published last spring in the Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Vettese outlined why predictions of a mass retirement shortfall are off the mark.

Schwab says the numbers and attribution of blame are both off the mark.

James Ballentine, the head lobbyist for the ABA, responded that «anyone who believes that community banks are better off as a result of this avalanche of new regulation is off the mark.»

And the FRench striker is off the mark while Arsenal got a clean sheet and are into the next round, so a great night for the Gunners.

Manu Ginobili squeezed his way through a couple of Grizzlies defenders to lay it in with 1.8 seconds remaining and take the two - point lead, and a deep Conley three - ball was off the mark as the Spurs won a wild one in Memphis, 110 - 108.

Christian Ellis made 1 of 2 free throws to push the lead to three and Nick Mayo's 3 - point heave at the buzzer was off the mark.

By March, it was clear those projections were off the mark.

He met some resistance from two defenders and his last - second heave was off the mark.

BTW - your claim that there is a division in the Shadow Cabinet is off the mark - and the idea that Michael Gove and George Osborne are on different sides is simply laughable.

I think discussion about things like insolvency are off the mark,» Zemsky said.

The movie's feminist coloration is off the mark.

This show is off the mark somehow, like it is almost funny and almost good, but just doesn't quite hit the right notes...

If you believe that the film is off the mark, mark your ballot DROP.

Lawrence Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute and Joydeep Roy of Columbia University and New York City's Independent Budget Office argue that Richwine and Biggs are off the mark, and that teachers deserve a raise.

Education Reform Work Is Not Complete Regarding «Accountability Overboard» (features, Spring 2009), the heated rhetoric that the Massachusetts Readiness Project with its goal to move public education into the 21st century somehow represents a «wavering» on standards is off the mark.

Quite possibly, my comments are off the mark and the grade boundaries by all boards and across all grades are anchored on a very sound and well - reasoned basis.

But the bipartisan attack on unions as a central impediment to improved education is off the mark.

The fact that Barry Ritholtz is off the mark upon occasion does not refute any of the arguments of his cited above.

But the numbers were adjusted after an evaluation by the Finance Department found the projected revenues of the Liberal promise were off the mark.

Todays comparison to observed is off the mark and heading in the wrong direction, which is where many will likely take the conversation.