Example sentences of "[be] guilty [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mere fact that I have set myself the end X , with Y as a necessary means to it , and without conflict with other prudential or moral considerations , does not guarantee me from being mistaken in doing Y ( Anyone who supposed that it did would indeed be guilty of the Naturalistic Fallacy without appeal . ) |
| 2 | Perhaps we should consider publishing details of the many failures in Conservative councils throughout the country , and not least in the borough in which this House is situated which , while exporting its homeless to other authorities , appears to be guilty of the illegal sale of houses that were not its to sell in the first place . |
| 3 | If they do not , they will be guilty of the worst sort of hypocrisy . |
| 4 | After all , TI 's prospective members are companies and governments that may well be guilty of the very misdeeds the group is pledged to fight — including the bribe-assisted export contracts financed by some rich-country governments . |
| 5 | A passenger who is screaming to get out of a car , who is trying to stop a driver driving dangerously , will still be guilty of the aggravated offence . |
| 6 | Anthony Scrivener referred to the Bill as unique in jurisprudence because a defendant can be guilty of the aggravated offence even though he does no other act than commit the basic offence , and the event which makes the crime aggravated is outside his or her control . |