Example sentences of "be [verb] for [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the death rate after upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage from all causes rises sharply in the elderly one might be forgiven for assuming that this section of the population has such an appalling outlook that variceal haemorrhage should be most humanely ‘ treated with limited transfusion and sedation . ’ |
| 2 | Faldo , who has a feud-ridden history with some members of the AGW , could be forgiven for thinking that this is yet another example of a lack of sympathy with his cause . |
| 3 | The naive observer might be forgiven for believing that this contrast has something to do with the different weight given by members of the academic community to their research interests compared with their ‘ teaching interests ’ ( the very awkwardness of the term makes the point ) . |
| 4 | For instance , someone contemplating a sentence like the following ( from an issue of Women 's Journal ) might be excused for suspecting that so-called ‘ natural gender ’ is natural only if one happens to be male : |
| 5 | Furthermore a strong case can be made for arguing that religious commitment is the only way to understand the depths of religion which from the outside may remain sheer enigma . |
| 6 | In this emergent consciousness paradigm it will be taken for granted that human beings have psychological capacities ; capacities largely unrecognised today and almost entirely unsuspected 50 years ago . |
| 7 | But it should not be taken for granted that these types of programmes are the ideal and only way to approach health education , whether in schools or by health professionals . |