Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We hope we will be forgiven for editing out of Dr Schore 's discussion of the background to LM 's but inclusion would have meant duplication since John Tomlinson 's Dose Dilution and the LM Potencies already covers the points he makes . |
| 2 | Now that you have a vague idea what is going on , you could be forgiven for throwing up your hands in disgust and letting them all get on with it . |
| 3 | Robert Hewison is a very unhappy man ; at least , we could be forgiven for thinking so after reading ‘ Future Tense ’ ( Methuen , £7.99 ) his follow-up to The Heritage Industry . |
| 4 | ‘ I could be forgiven for thinking so lately , ’ Leonora muttered unwisely , then backed away in a hurry from the blaze in his eyes . |
| 5 | Indeed one could be forgiven for thinking only two teams has entered the tournament . |
| 6 | BUT talking to Greg , in the trashy splendour of the Palace balcony that afternoon , as the others unload their gear , you 'd occasionally be forgiven for thinking as much . |
| 7 | Your review of two books on crime ( April 3rd ) makes the brazen statement that Italy ‘ can perhaps be forgiven for producing so many American gangsters . ’ |
| 8 | The rather woolly nature of these claims aside , readers might be forgiven for wondering why , if the Cuk converter offers so many desirable features , it is not more commonly used . |
| 9 | Aggrieved names landed with huge losses could be forgiven for asking why , in that case , they were not brought in earlier . |
| 10 | To prevent the procession amounted to saying ‘ that a man may be punished for acting lawfully if he knows that his so doing may induce another man to act unlawfully — a proposition without any authority whatever to support it ’ . |
| 11 | Not all child-beating amounts to deliberate cruelty ( although much which is pardoned has a suspicious streak in it ! ) and a parent may in some circumstances be excused for hitting out . |
| 12 | The only exception is the US PGA Championship , whose committee invited the top 50 from the Sony Rankings and must be applauded for doing so . |
| 13 | Certainly after yet another record victory , and the third highest of all time by anyone in the Championship , a strong case would be made for saying so . |
| 14 | There is much to be said for moving away from total government ownership . |
| 15 | That what I say there 's a lot to be said for going gracefully |
| 16 | Bernard Dixon thinks there is a lot to be said for following how research results are taken up |
| 17 | When there is disagreement , there is much to be said for retreating specifically to consider the model rather than the problem . |
| 18 | Notice that the thought that in principle a would-be rapist should be compensated for giving up the right to rape is implicit in the answer of the supporters of the third principle as well . |
| 19 | Yields in general will tend to be higher for longer term investments , because lenders require to be compensated for giving up their money for long periods of time . |
| 20 | Lift again the following autumn or spring and many of the stems will have rooted ; these can be detached for potting up . |
| 21 | Signet and secretary could be used for sending relatively informal letters to the King 's subjects or for activating other parts of the executive machine : the Signet Office was the instrument most often used for disseminating the King 's personal commands . |
| 22 | The pattern followed is exactly the same as should be used for wiping namely a series of single sweeps each slightly overlapping the previous one . |
| 23 | It can be used for setting out plants , sowing large seeds individually and planting bulbs . |
| 24 | They were sheep who had decided that this was no time to waste energy panicking when it could be used for galloping away as fast as possible . |
| 25 | It may be useful at this point to suggest , following Halliday and Hasan , that there is a continuum of cohesive elements that may be used for referring back to an entity already mentioned in the discourse . |
| 26 | Because of the last row knitted before casting off has to be knitted at a looser tension , the linker can only be used for casting off all the stitches . |
| 27 | Smooth-coated or short-coated dogs with an absence of undercoat should be used for breeding only with the permission of the chief breed warden . |
| 28 | Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications is considering constructing optical communications networks as public projects , in recognition that competition has made companies such as Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp less willing to invest heavily in construction — NTT and other common carriers would be permitted to operate the networks , which the Ministry hopes would be used for broadcasting too . |
| 29 | You see , I think there was about eight folks be used for thrashing roughly , ten folks erm two on the rick , one cutting , one feeding , one one that end . |
| 30 | The same solution should be used for washing down all surfaces . |