Sentence examples for be forgiven for failing from inspiring English sources

Americans could be forgiven for failing to notice.

You would be forgiven for failing to have noticed the inquiry, because it never really happened.

Investors looking at Toast could be forgiven for failing to see the company's potential at the time.

Casting an eye over the stars of commercial radio, one would be forgiven for failing to recognise many.

Yet, reading those bills today, you could be forgiven for failing to recognize them as an advance in public health.

"One might be forgiven for failing to discern a workable principle that explains these wildly divergent outcomes.

Lucas Calhoun performed the title role, and was also the evening's designated sot, though a latecomer might have been forgiven for failing to distinguish who among the players was sober, so high was the level of emoting, flailing for comic effect, and shouting.

Bob Diamond could be forgiven for feeling bitter.

We feel that we are the ones who have worked hard, who have led good lives, who have tried to act morally; so why should others be forgiven for their failings?

According to Mr Rashid, a longtime acquaintance of Afghanistan's president, Mr Karzai is now anxious for a peace deal "as a way to be forgiven for all his other failings".Mr Karzai has started calling insurgent leaders "dear brothers", and has announced the release of important Taliban prisoners.

It said: "One might be forgiven for thinking that the current Coalition Government views the NHS as a failing bank or business.