Barrett's denial follows Wigan coach Brian Noble insisting the stories were wide of the mark.
The fears were wide of the mark: not one person turned up to complain.
As for Mr Wahid spending too much time abroad, that seems wide of the mark.
But speculation about rugby union neighbours Sale Sharks moving in is wide of the mark.
But for now, some of the accusations being thrown at China are wide of the mark.
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Gloucester engineered a chance to snatch the draw but Robinson's drop-goal attempt was wide of the mark.
"We are aware of both players but talk of moves is wide of the mark, " said Parry.
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That piece of science fiction, too, may prove not to have been quite so wide of the mark.
His equation of Iran's current position to Germany's romp to world-power status under Bismarck is wide of the mark.
All of the dire predictions about what would happen if there was a hung Parliament have proved wide of the mark.
This speculates on the contents of Danny Boyle's 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, which to my knowledge is not wholly wide of the mark.
Brady then tried a dipping effort from outside the box following a run from Dorman, but his shot flew wide of the mark.
Predictions when it turned 50 that it was doomed to irrelevance in a world dominated by America, China and India proved wide of the mark.
Their own spikes often drifted wide of the mark or were dug out by diving Brazilians, drawing first gasps and then cheers from the crowd.
Hooper seemed eager to claim a hat-trick, and he flashed a volley just wide of the mark after a cut-back from right-back Cha Du Ri.
The assumption that she was there simply to pour him a glass of sparkling water from the mini-bar would have been wide of the mark.
While some of my forecasts were wide of the mark, my method has never put me or you on the wrong side of the market.
"His tennis may be nearly faultless but Roger Federer proved once again that his fashion sense often lands wide of the mark, " quipped Britain's Daily Telegraph.
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So his boast that this was the "best ever" does not seem too wide of the mark - even if he does say that every year.
Claims that criminals can be identified by imaging their brains, or that there could be a gene for psychopathy are "wide of the mark", it says.
But Oster's attempted lob drifted wide of the mark while Doyle, looking for his first goal in 16 games, and Hunt were denied by a hustling Beye.
Their best chance came when a bad clearance by Gordon was picked up by Parker, who passed to Ashton, but his flyer was wide of the mark.
Maguire almost grabbed his second of the day with a header from inside the penalty box in the 53rd minute, but the ball drifted wide of the mark.
Your point about homicide and gun ownership was also wide of the mark: control statistically for gun ownership and the relationship between homicide and inequality becomes slightly stronger.
Views of the potential economic impact at the time of the disaster "ranged from extremely optimistic to extremely pessimistic, " Kiuchi wrote, but both now seem wide of the mark.
So all the talk of recent days that the government has softened the language of Lords reform in response to last week's electoral drubbing is wide of the mark.
Even if some of this speculation is wide of the mark, the fact that the Labour leadership is being discussed less than a year into Mr Brown's tenure is alarming.
The second half started slowly, the first real chance falling to Arfield just outside the Motherwell penalty area in the 58th minute and the midfielder's effort drifting wide of the mark.
McAlister tested the Hearts keeper Marian Kello, then Routledge broke through the Hearts defence in a rare Accies attack with 15 minutes remaining, but his effort sailed wide of the mark.
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