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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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These are a few forgivable flaws in an otherwise important novel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And I reckon the odd lapse is forgivable .
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I thought it was forgivable , egocentric but forgivable.
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Less forgivable is the attitude taken by some museums who are frightened of the consequences of having their collection screened.
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That might have been forgivable while Maurice was alive.
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That, given that only forty years have passed, may be forgivable .
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They became less and less forgivable as time cooled the heat of the moments in which they had been spoken.
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When, in November, it blessed the use of force to achieve this goal, the fanfare was forgivable .