Dr Hill had predicted this outcome, thanks to error-management theory the idea that when people (or, indeed, other animals) make errors of judgment, they tend to make the error that is least costly.
If you make an error this morning, you can reverse it this afternoon or tomorrow.
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Opposing the appeal, Peter Wright QC told the court the judge did not make an error and that the decision "was not wrong in law".
Remarkably, the nurses and doctors were observed to make an error in just one per cent of these actions but that still amounted to an average of two errors a day with every patient.
How would you gently correct a boss who was about to make such an error?
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The real issue, though, is that any individual can make a simple error.
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Make one little error in that little 8 yard by 8 foot situation and it's a catastrophe, he suffers from that...
It was embarrassing to make a careless error, but I took responsibility for it and will double-check my work in the future.
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Inexperienced market validators often make a fundamental error in selecting interviewees.
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Next time you hear a CEO dismiss a negative research report, take the trouble to investigate whether the analyst really did either display bias or make a rookie error.
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Did Walbridge make a fatal error?
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As a result and with a need to ensure we do not make the basic error of double counting in terms of the hike in VAT on petrol prices, we calculate that underlying domestically generated inflationary pressures continue to run at less than 2% a year.
While I could envision how an over-amped fundraiser with little knowledge of the rules of the game might make such an error, I was certain that OFA would immediately step forward to set the record straight, denounce any such activity if it had occurred and insure that it would not happen again.
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Leave room for error and make sure your investors are prepared to put in additional capital.
The error you make is implying that losing these things is somehow a bad thing.
In addition, the VA said it is reviewing its notification process to make sure a similar error doesn't happen again.
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But their approach play remained predictable and Cech, eager to make amends for his error, was never seriously threatened again.
Poulsen tried to make amends for his error be slipping a ball through to Ngog but the young striker could only side-foot wide under pressure from ex-Reds left-back Dossena.
Physicians will always make the occasional mathematical error.
The biggest error DIY investors make is not what to buy, but when to buy and sell.
The biggest error the doubters make, Shapiro says, is to believe that dramatists and other authors in Shakespeare's day made a habit of autobiographically inserting themselves into their own works.
The police's key error was failing to make arrests for over a fortnight.
Such computerized error-correction systems are starting to make it out of cancer centers into more mainstream hospitals.
That catchall phrase, "pilot error, " just doesn't make it in this case.
Universal clawbacks of pay for any restatement a bank has to make, whether for fraud or for a typographical error, are an essential part of a legitimate pay plan.
It was a critical error from Hamilton, who was fuelled to make his first pit stop a lap earlier than Raikkonen.
"Although the error may have been one which many might make, it amounted to a significant failure to keep a proper lookout and to manage the car correctly, " Lord Justice Hughes said.
Staff at the three broadcasters said their computers crashed and could not be restarted, with screens simply displaying an error message, although they have continued to make television broadcasts, our correspondent said.
The error didn't change working capital, but it did make the bookkeeping look sloppy.
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