The point of the legend is not that Canute had delusions of grandeur, but the opposite.

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The Post could not refrain from ridiculing the delusions of grandeur of the man with whom Sen.

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This urban cop thriller, written and directed by David Mamet, is a genre picture with delusions of grandeur.

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We met when I played an amateur show at the age of 9 and had delusions of grandeur.

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In a joke going the rounds, a woman concludes that her husband is suffering from delusions of grandeur.

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The allusion-mongering of the writer, Richard LaGravenese, gives it delusions of grandeur.

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To this day, Britain's reluctance to plunge into the European endeavour strikes many Europeans as a result of snooty, post-imperial delusions of grandeur.

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Freed from delusions of grandeur, perhaps it will finally stop blocking attempts to pursue a much more ambitious European foreign and security policy.

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How, for example, did a diminutive ex-dentist, so replete with self-pity and delusions of grandeur, manage to attract and retain the devotion of an excellent wife whom he so frequently abandoned in favour of adventures into the unknown?

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The opening parade past applauding locals on the streets of Coleraine induced delusions of grandeur, but that was topped by hearing your name booming from the tannoy as the teams were announced before the opening game in Castlerock.

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