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however, I can tell you that most of what the U. S. thinks about the country is a bit off the mark.

India is often portrayed as an elephant: big, lumbering and slow off the mark.

But to see India and Vietnam as compliant partners in an American-orchestrated anti-China front is off the mark for three reasons.

Data is often delayed by many months or incomplete and projections can prove wide off the mark.

Except the talking animals depicted in Disney movies aren't so far off the mark at least when it comes to a few select species.

Predictions early in 2005 that the year would be the warmest on record turned out to be off the mark.

Wisely, fat people see that such programs are too dull, too hard, too off the mark. They are never better than a whole cheesecake.

Whilst you may have been a little quick off the mark, you were probably acting in a most appropriate fashion.

By the final whistle he was off the mark and by the end of his league debut Wright was already netting at an average of two goals per game.

At the sound of the starting pistol, all the girls were off the mark like the wind.

Snow's optimism that the world as a whole would, by now, have enough to eat and keep its people healthy was widely off the mark.

This for some, may seem a little 'off the mark' to remark upon in such a way.

That assessment isn't far off the mark , either , with most candy packing little nutritional value and a ton of calories .

These dire warnings proved way off the mark after the national minimum wage came into force seven years ago.

UNAids executive director Michel Sidibe said although prevention programmes had helped cut new infections, they were often "off the mark" .

I can't stress that enough, and Americans in general tend to be slower off the mark in this regard than managers from other countries.

Given the current resurgence of religious belief in the United States, it's very curious how far off the mark was this prediction.

Brazil's finance minister speaks of a latent currency war, and he is not far off the mark.

i think these conspiracy theories on art, sports etc being used to fund untoward activities is completely off the mark.

When Brazil's finance minister spoke of an imminent currency war he was not far off the mark.

Once the HIV test result is positive, it means that patients and the day is not far off the mark to meet death.

In the meantime a few thoughts crossed my mind which I thought were quick-off-the-mark, but today I know they did me no good.

His co-manager, Mr. Naismith, was a little slower off the mark and put in an order for 5, 000 shares at $32.

Most participants could accurately assess their odds of falling, but about a third were off the mark.

John was off the mark at once. His records seemed to become a vogue overnight.

But when it comes to commodities like crude oil and corn, that may be off the mark.

Against this background the European Central Bank (ECB) has been quick off the mark in pushing up interest rates.

Bankers Trust, now part of Deutsche Bank, was arguably quickest off the mark.

Forrester says that virtual worlds are ripe for use by business, but the way that vendors have presented themselves has been off the mark.

Huntelaar has yet to get off the mark for Milan despite a prodigious goal scoring record.

But the image of gamers as loners with little or no social skills is way off the mark, say researchers.

To judge by their "snap" , the sound of their impact, they weren't far off the mark.

The industry's claim that greater scrutiny will kill innovation is off the mark.

Come on, I think you are quick off the mark. You will do a good job during the play.

Local firms have been quick off the mark to cash in on the oil boom.

China's leaders were more restrained (or perhaps just slower off the mark).

Markus is quick off the mark and gets his changes delivered to the stream.

In my job, it's not about strength, but agility, positional sense and exploding off the mark.

Or will they be slow off the mark, further eroding public trust in the role they play?

Why were they so far off the mark?

Although at first glance this might appear an exaggerated figure, the estimate is probably not widely off the mark.

It's been great to get amongst the goals too. When you join a new club, it's always important to get off the mark.

And soon Amauri will get off the mark, too. And Del Piero is coming back.

In almost every case, the first two studies painted a similar picture, while the national stereotypes were far off the mark.

And the numbers clearly suggest that old estimates that the shift won't happen until 2040 or 2050 are far off the mark.

We were off the mark as soon as the bell for the cessation of work sounded.

Modern WYSIWYG editors are off the mark.

But it was slow off the mark.

There's not much time left, but we manage to get there intime if we're quick off the mark.

We are not expecting top performances straight off the mark, and we will rethink our strategy to work around this.

Their estimate was way off the mark.

You have to be quick off the mark when you answer a job interview.

Analysis finds that countries'cultural self-images are usually off the mark