Sentences with phrase «to be wide of the mark»
I just think the conspiracy theory is wide of the mark, and they are not deliberately delaying to increase sales.
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The suspicions of Luther's advisers had not been wide of the mark.
reports linking Arturo Vidal to Arsenal are wide of the mark, according to Sky sources.
After some good passing, Marcos Rojo had a shot on goal, which was wide of the mark and could have been better.
We could hardly be wider of the mark than if we were to say that these human acts are electronically controlled by God.
Reports that the player was demanding # 30,000 per week are wide of the mark and he is understood to have been offered less than half of that by West Ham.
Another recent report from Don Balon claimed United were making progress in talks to bring Bale to Old Trafford, but they may have been wide of the mark if Barnett's latest quotes are anything to go by.
So Arsenal fans everywhere will be hoping that the Metro report suggesting that Real Madrid could be ready to sell the Wales international star to Manchester United in order to fund their transfer pursuit of the Monaco and France forward, and Arsenal target, Kylian Mbappe is wide of the mark.
Vidal deal was reported 90 % done until it was reported by sky that those rumours were wide of the mark.
Louis van Gaal is ready to sacrifice Marouane Fellaini, Ashley Young and Anderson in January, or failing that, next summer whilst speculation of a possible departure of playmaker Juan Mata is wide of the mark.
Reports he will therefore look to leave the Emirates Stadium at the end of the campaign are wide of the mark however, according to agent Rodrigo Fernandez Lovelle, who had been quoted on an Italian website declaring such intentions.
However, Balague says suggestions that a deal could be struck before next season are wide of the mark.
Hull's Andy Robertson has been linked, although recent reports that an agreement has been reached for the Scotland international are wide of the mark.
His overall contribution may have waned but to suggest Alli was underperforming was wide of the mark.
Reports that West Ham will «battle» for the signature of Manchester City defender Micah Richards this summer are wide of the mark.
Weekly stories linking him with Inter Milan, which on Tuesday fired coach Stefano Pioli, might be wide of the mark despite the Italian team's Chinese owners reportedly offering 12 million euros ($ 13 million) a year.
Reports during the day that West Ham are involved in negotiations for Barcelona's Gerard Deulofeu are wide of the mark.
ESRC Festival of Social Science: Channel 4's Benefits Street is wide of the mark - people want to work
Never say never — the voters may deal us a hand that leaves us with no real choice as happened in May 2010 — but any idea the Lib Dems are eager to jump into bed with whichever party wins no matter what are wide of the mark.
Speculation about the Chancellor's future is wide of the mark and ignores deeper cracks at the top of the Opposition
But parallels between Cameron's interview and Kinnock's braggadocio are wide of the mark.
Although aesthetic concerns need to be heard, qualms about wind's reliability are wide of the mark, argues energy policy researcher Reg Platt
Unfortunately, any reasonable reading suggests Maugeri is wide of the mark.
The adult dating makes you to enjoy the fun of life with out any tension you are having in that.Originally it was thought that the settlement would be worth around three quarters of a billion dollars but this has since been slated as being wide of the mark.
However, speculation that Ford's next - generation Taurus, development of which is at least being partly conducted in Australia, could be sold here as a successor to the Falcon is wide of the mark, with the Mondeo set to remain the Blue Oval's flagship sedan post-2016.
Someone tell me if what I have posted on Cif is wide of the mark.
Sergius Bulgakov, widely regarded as the greatest Orthodox theologian of the twentieth century (calling him the von Balthasar of the East would not be wide of the mark), was the kind of religious thinker only that century could produce.
Ok English people help me out, what does Sky Sports mean by «Reports linking Arturo Vidal to Arsenal are wide of the mark»
Henrikh Mkhitaryan had a good shot on goal in the 12th minute, which was wide of the mark.
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Nothing can be wider of the mark than to interpret Niebuhr as intending a complete pessimism.
If this is true, then the rumours about young Carvalho from Sporting must be wide of the mark, because no matter how much Arsenal and Wenger may have changed in recent transfer windows, they have not changed that much.
Arsenal should be right up there when the manager has had all that time but for half of his tenure Wenger has been wide of the mark and 2nd coming in 2nd to a number of managers.
Meanwhile United seem willing to spend at all costs in order to improve their squad as seen with the signings of Angel Di Maria, Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera, so a move for Koke may not be wide of the mark.
The Real Madrid star insists that his club and their rivals in La Liga, Barcelona, are above and beyond any other club in the world and so it would make no sense for him to want to leave, especially as the talk about the new Madrid manager Rafa Benitez not planning to have him as a regular starter have proved to be wide of the mark.
I really hope that it is true, even if the Metro report's claim that Arsenal might complete the deal for what sounds like a ridiculously cheap price of # 17.8 million is wide of the mark.
Whilst I understand why you would want to jump all over the points total as «evidence» of decline I think you are wide of the mark and clutching at straws.
Although reports that a # 31million bid was rejected are said to be wide of the mark, Spurs» interest is genuine, say Sky Sports.
Real Madrid are reported to be interested in signing De Gea, although reports he has already agreed personal terms there appear to be wide of the mark.
On that basis, the bookmaker odds on offer, where we are quoted as around 5/1 to win the game, and City at around 2/1 on, would appear to be wide of the mark, but of course the two games where we have faced each other this season tell another story.
Brace the Hammer has learned that reports of a $ 25 million bid for a mystery striker could be wide of the mark.
Some good interplay in the midfield and the attack with Paul Pogba again trying to set something up, giving the ball to Mkhitaryan, who had a good first touch, but his second, a shot on goal, was wide of the mark.
Their finding suggests that the heavy criticism of the Pop Warner practice limits by the UPMC researchers that the new rules would «not only have little effect on reducing on reducing concussions but may also actually increase the incidence of concussions in games via reduced time learning proper tackling in practice» may have been wide of the mark.
Peter Mandelson's laborious speech to Progress this morning, insisting that Labour was «energised» and generally full of beans after 13 years in office, couldn't be wider of the mark.
Followers of the new paleo diet naturally assume that their nutrient intakes approximate that of Paleolithic humans, but their actual intakes may be wide of the mark.
However, it seems some of the more outlandish reports may have been wide of the mark, as Leto has downplayed the situation during an interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote his new film Blade Runner 2049.