Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Maisie still keeping the regulation distance between the two of them , he almost ran after the headmaster , swinging his arms crazily and taking strides so long that a casual observer might have been forgiven for assuming that he , too , was practising the art of Islamic dancing . |
| 2 | One might have been forgiven for believing that the answer was to be determined by the label adopted by Parliament in creating the body in question . |
| 3 | It was n't a four-letter word , although when one uttered it , one might have been forgiven for thinking that it was . |
| 4 | He could have been forgiven for thinking that he was God 's gift to acting . |
| 5 | Listening to the debate and the old-fashioned ideas of male supremacy it unearthed , you could have been forgiven for thinking that we were still in the 16th Century . |
| 6 | In the light of this amended agreement , the British LTA might have been forgiven for thinking that it had pre-empted any legal action over its former agreement , which it had sent to Brussels for consideration as long ago as September 1990 . |
| 7 | Such was the enthusiasm generated by the thousands of kids at the game that a passer-by might have been forgiven for thinking that either Take That or New Kids On The Block were performing at Ibrox rather than Scotland 's football team . |
| 8 | With so much good will in the air one might have been forgiven for thinking that there were no differences worth talking about . |
| 9 | Some fifty successful local wage claims apart , and despite Wilson 's optimism in his Presidential Address at the Annual Conference of the union in September 1916 , seamen might have been forgiven for concluding that patriotism had done very little for their cause . |
| 10 | The reason that has been given for saying that Halley 's attempt was serious , rather than merely placatory , is that he confessed in public that his efforts had not , after all , produced decisive results . |
| 11 | In 1945 one could have been excused for believing that scarcely a wall could be left standing in the German capital after years of night raids by the RAF . |
| 12 | You could have been excused for believing that Maradonna had made a come back . |
| 13 | In relation to the concept of a new settlement the Department very firmly has an open mind at a time , we 've heard many statements drawing on the various P P G s , and from some of them you might have been excused for thinking that the Department had indeed turned it turned its back on the idea of a n new settlements , knowing that sort of situation we felt it appropriate before the start of this examination to sound out the residents of two Marscham Street |
| 14 | The European Court of Human rights held that extraditing a person to a State ‘ where substantial grounds have been shown for believing that the person concerned , … faces a real risk of being subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the requesting country ’ engages the responsibility of the sending State . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Anyone viewing all this nonsense from another planet — as most men do — can be forgiven for assuming that women are a bunch of mixed up crazies who do n't know what they want , but do know that they want it all , both ways and with jam on the top , too . |
| 17 | It was not easy to think of a precedent , and one could be forgiven for concluding that the notorious obscurity of the poem came about not by the author 's design but accidentally , because the work was the product not of one mind but of two . |
| 18 | An uninformed reader of ‘ Safety : the perils of self-regulation ’ might be forgiven for concluding that the powers that be and their executive arm , the Health and Safety Executive , had been less than wholehearted in promoting and enforcing safety ( Talking Point , 12 January ) . |
| 19 | Looking at the state of tax law in the UK , one might be forgiven for concluding that the effect is extremely limited . |
| 20 | The cynic may perhaps be forgiven for commenting that the freedom given by the Use Classes Order and the GDO is so hedged by restrictions , and frequently so difficult to comprehend ( though he may note with relief that painting is not subject to control , unless it is ‘ for purpose of advertisement , announcement or direction ’ ) that it would be safer to assume that any operation constitutes development and requires planning permission . |
| 21 | One might be forgiven for thinking that the bishops ’ letter had something to do with it and that Haughey was intent on constructing an alliance between those heeding the teaching of the hierarchy and the party faithful . |
| 22 | Wander around the centre , and you could be forgiven for thinking that the whole of Leeds was built in Victorian days . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | You could be forgiven for thinking that a book entitled The Mind of God was a work of theology , but you would be wrong . |
| 25 | Cynical readers might be forgiven for thinking that concentrating on the minutiae of standards is a convenient way of avoiding the subject of how the industry is faring in a depressed market — but they would be wrong . |
| 26 | When you wheel your trolley around the supermarket , you could be forgiven for thinking that our basic foods have n't changed for years . |
| 27 | You 'd be forgiven for thinking that Meany 's camera equipment probably went ‘ crunch ’ on this one . |
| 28 | You might be forgiven for thinking that the absorption of a stimulant would make you better able to function mentally — but in fact this is far from the truth . |
| 29 | YOU could be forgiven for thinking that pop star Yazz is off to study . |
| 30 | Given all of the above , you might be forgiven for thinking that tennis and fitness are somewhat secondary to the social aspects of the club . |