Sentences with phrase «wrong sort»

The phrase "wrong sort" means something or someone that is not the right or appropriate type or kind for a particular situation or purpose. Full definition
Forget for the moment arguments around the proceeds of growth and the right / wrong sort of growth.
These sorts of shrill proclamations aren't thought out, and here is a nice example of just how wrong that sort of generalization can be.
It dawned on me that I had been digging for the wrong sort of thing.
Seeking to solve the supposed need for growth in a community by attracting outside capital investment generally leads to the wrong sort of growth.
Basically they imply that God has, after all, given us the wrong sort of book and it is our job to turn it into the right sort of book by engaging in these hermeneutical moves, translation procedures or whatever.
He asserted that the trouble was not in this loss alone but in the fact that the wrong sort of man was ruling the Greeks.
If God wanted us to have a list of doctrines that we must believe, He gave us the wrong sort of book from which to get them.
BE: I think it has become the wrong sort of generality.
The wrong sort of prayer.
In a similar manner, Ellul has shown earlier that we have preferred the wrong sort of revolution (Autopsy of Revolution, Changer de révolution), given ourselves to the wrong sort of prayer (Prayer and Modern Man), allowed the idolatrous city to dominate our affections (The Meaning of the City), and substituted facile belief for vital faith (Living Faith).
«That's very hard, not to get belongings back, and to have the site trampled over by the wrong sort of people.»
For the rest of the rebels, it's about being ruled by the wrong sort of Muslim.
The day after Anglicanorum Coetibus was issued, providing personal ordinariates for Anglicans entering into communion with the Catholic Church, I recall a Jesuit friend remarking: «Yes, but they're the wrong sort of Anglicans.»
I used the wrong sort of apples and they never softened: (However I did use chestnut flour instead of almond flour and it was really tasty!
Or, more precisely, if he's played too much of the wrong sort of football.
Here's hoping Park gets whatever's wrong sorted out in short order.
Is Rafa the wrong sort of manager for our side?
The idea that fans are pissed off that they only won 3 trophies in 4 years, or that they were the wrong sort of trophy just makes Arsenal the most hated club in England, probably rightly so.
This guy will have a point to prove and was a really good player until Maureen put him in the wrong sort of system and ruined him.
But then, surely your conclusion ought to be that Wenger bought the wrong sort of player for the position in which we have BADLY needed top quality for the last decade, since Gilberto left, in CDM.
Wenger used more players than both but unfortunately it was the wrong sort of rotation at the wrong time.
But even Arsène's excuses (which have ranged from the opposition being too tackly to having the wrong sort of leaves on the line) have seldom been as crass as those trotted out by the Ginger Whinger following our last couple of meetings with his team.
PANIC stations... everyone is leaving... apart from the wrong sort of fans, shame really!
He made the wrong sort of headlines in November 2014 when spectacularly crashing his top - of - the range Mercedes.
Another way is to lavish kids with the wrong sort of praise.
But this is the wrong sort of mess.
His skills — or lack of them — are evident enough from the polling, where he continues to set the wrong sort of records (a recent one being that no Labour leader of the opposition has had such bad ratings on his first anniversary in office).
The growth of our towns and cities has been held back by a planning system which has encouraged development of the wrong sort in the wrong places.
His record is far from impressive & is just the wrong sort of (potential) leader the Party - or country - needs.
The danger is, that unless he bring about a fundamental change in Labour's fortunes, it may be the wrong sort of history in the making.
I mean the wrong sort of trouble, such as being unpredictable, or so anti-capitalist as to be both divisive and ineffective.
Perhaps, I would suggest, he was the wrong sort of person to be put in charge of punishing public - sector workers for the sins of the financial sector.
He compares the situation to having the wrong sort of friend.
Carbs are not the evil they are so frequently depicted to be but too much of the wrong sort and the wrong time can cause you problems.
Having excessive levels of the wrong sort can dramatically increase your sebum production and make it far more likely that your skin pores will get blocked.
This nutritionist mentioned one thing that changed my outlook on dieting forever: «Eating food will not make you fat; only the abuse of the wrong sort of foods will.»
Although shots of cleavage (particularly in youth) attracted greater response, generally this interest was not reciprocated — so in the end attracted the «wrong sort»... but then we all knew that anyway didn't we!
Of course you'll want to be careful that you're not attracting the wrong sort of person, because your profile makes it sound like all you want is sex.
When love to you is about a partner, you tend to settle for the wrong sort of partner.
Robbie makes us understand Harding — and the tragedy that came from hanging around the wrong sorts, namely her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan).
She projects the wounded perfection of a great beauty who has had the wrong sort of luck.
In an age when the franchise is king, the wrong sort of cinematic property can be highly damaging.
Within minutes, it becomes clear this deal isn't going to end well — the guns are the wrong sort and, worse still, Harry recognises Stevo from an unpleasant altercation the night before.
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