文例（7―9）は以下の引用中にある文例の一つである｡

Talking of test matches, who won the last ? ; Coming to details, the spoilt ballot-papers were 17 ; They are illiterate (using the word in its widest sense) ; Granting his honesty, he may be mistaken ; Failing you, there is no chance left ; Twelve were saved, not counting the dog ; Allowing for exceptions, the rule may stand.
   こうしたよく見かける種類のものは元々分詞などではなく、古い前置詞"a"に先行された動名詞の短縮形（"talking of = a-talking of", 即ち、"in talking" or while there is talk of"）であると説明することは、自然でもありおそらくは適切であろう｡(Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, "UNATTACHED PARTICIPLES"の項)(下線は引用者)

Even allowing for the disaster of the 1930s, it is worth remembering that the US stock market performed exceptionally in the 20th century.
〈1930年代の大災厄を考慮に入れても、合衆国の株式市場は20世紀において極めて好調に推移してきたということは記憶にとどめておく価値がある｡〉
(注) allow for 〜「〜を考慮に入れる」
(A stock market bubble is nothing new by Niall Ferguson, Independent Digital, 26 March 2001)