| Those who hope that this sense of crisis might actually help to unite the nation in a kind of Dunkirk spirit are deluding themselves. |
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| It's all about sound bites, deluding the people, pandering to the lowest common denominator. |
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| In many ways it is even deluding people to believe in something that is not the case. |
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| Modern medicine has a way of preserving life and deluding us into thinking that we're not going to die. |
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| I would like you to call me on this if you think I'm deluding myself, but I think that selling handmade one-off goods is a victimless activity. |
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| Marketers are deluding themselves if they think that adware is an effective means of reaching their target audience. |
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| Europe would be deluding itself to think it could do just as easily without the Mediterranean. |
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| We may have been deluding ourselves in thinking we had banished this scourge which had stained Europe with blood for so long. |
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| I agree with the honourable Members who pointed out that presenting an overview of the whole process is the best way to avoid deluding ourselves. |
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| If we were not to face this reality, we would be completely deluding ourselves. |
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| We are also deluding ourselves if we believe that duties imposed on Chinese and Vietnamese shoes will lead to more European jobs. |
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| We are deluding ourselves if we think we can control the problem from the supply side. |
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| Unfortunately, Armenia had opted for the policy of deluding the international community and using any opportunity to misinform the public. |
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| It would be blinkered, not to mention rude, to say that they are simply deluding themselves. Marginal cases abound. |
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| They are deluding themselves. A flood of books, articles and broadcasts is expected to mark the 50th birthday. |
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| We would, of course, be deluding ourselves if we expected war criminals to accuse themselves. |
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| That is why I am in favour of accepting the existing offer and not deluding potential users with illusions. |
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| If you believe these fish have all moved to Iceland, you are deluding yourself! |
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| We really should not be deluding ourselves where our own sugar beet farmers or the developing world's exporters are concerned. |
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| They are, of course, deluding themselves if they think that the workers will be distracted by false promises and PR tricks. |
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| I knew that I was deluding myself into thinking that I had more powers than doctors. |
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| Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that we are simply deluding ourselves if we think that the free market is going to self-regulate. |
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| He has become a jaded cynic who unwraps large packages of cash from defending drug dealers while deluding himself he is working to protect civil liberties. |
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| The French might be retreating to economic fantasy land, deluding themselves they could enjoy a 35-hour week without sacrificing living standards. |
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| Is there a problem, or are we just deluding ourselves? |
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| In the 1990's, there's no point in deluding ourselves, all these stages that have been created in the popular suburbs to provide these youngsters with space for visibility, had a clear objective, that of social peace. |
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| Anyone who lumps all of this together is clearly deluding himself. |
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| It is starting to appear more and more as if we are deluding ourselves into thinking that we are drastically reducing fish catches, without this actually happening to an adequate degree. |
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| But the weapons are already in the wrong hands, and we would be deluding ourselves if we believed that procedures such as the code of conduct could put a stop to the acts of aggression and crimes of the new order of things. |
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| For once, at least the Council spoke a little about Chechnya, but I feel that the Council is deluding itself and I would even go so far as to say that it is lying to itself. |
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| But we are not deluding ourselves, Commissioner. |
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| This requires added skill by the seller just as it requires added skill by the buyer, because the seller is deluding himself if he ignores the buyer's problems. |
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| Within, was the peace as of innocence, reckless blindless, deluding joy, hope, whose still anchor rested on placid but unconstant water. |
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| You are deluding yourselves if you think otherwise. |
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| I am also not deluding myself that in the Central and Eastern European countries, there are some extremely difficult issues which are in part economic and even social. |
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