Example sentences of "[vb mod] be excused for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … one who deals with goods at the request of the person who has the actual custody of them , in the bona fide belief that the custodian is the true owner , should be excused for what he does if the act is of such a nature as would be excused if done by the authority of the person in possession , if he was a finder of the goods or entrusted with their custody … . |
| 2 | One might be excused for wondering what the aged poet really believed . |
| 3 | 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 : |
| 4 | The cynic might be excused for observing that although these ideals should be met , they are impossible to realise . |
| 5 | You might be excused for thinking , at first sight , that the lamprey is a true fish . |
| 6 | AS the Chancellor prepares for his budget next month and contemplates the unenviable situation in which he finds himself , he might be excused for thinking that it might have been better to move last September . |
| 7 | AS the Chancellor prepares for his budget next month and contemplates the unenviable situation in which he finds himself , he might be excused for thinking that it might have been better to move last September . |
| 8 | Someone from a different culture , or world , visiting our society could be excused for thinking that crime was a basic , ever-present feature of our everyday lives . |
| 9 | A newcomer could be excused for not realizing in what show she was performing . |
| 10 | I think I could be excused for my mistake . |
| 11 | She could hardly bear to think the thought , but it did seem to her that anyone who had lived for so many years with her mother could be excused for a certain lack of joie de vivre . |
| 12 | The basic problem with this aspect of the technique is that the movement occurs very quickly , so you could be excused for being unsure quite what has happened . |
| 13 | IT WAS N'T a record but that grand Heriot 's FP hooker of yesteryear , Bob Tollervey , who was 16 times reserve for Scotland without ever winning a cap , could be excused for feeling that he was born at the wrong time . |
| 14 | This year 's theme , in the year of the Columbus commemorations , presented some dealers with difficulties , but , as one observed , ‘ Strictly speaking , not much was American in patronage before 1776 , so we may be excused for stretching the definition ’ . |
| 15 | D'Indy may be excused for missing the point of Rameau 's ‘ tied ’ and slurred crotchets : only in our own time has it been realised that these denote the kind of tremolo recently studied by Stewart Carter . |
| 16 | If forced to answer the question ‘ is firmware hardware or software ? ’ , you would be excused for responding with a helpless ‘ yes ’ . |
| 17 | First-buyers can be excused for favouring discounts and cheap mortgages , because they have no existing place to unload . |
| 18 | Most of us clinging to our recently lost life style can be excused for hunting an acceptable substitute for the ‘ real McCoy ’ . |
| 19 | John Major seems to sympathise , but the voters can be excused for not yet noticing . |