Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] up for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every social worker has a responsibility to stand up for their own profession , to accept criticism humbly when it is due , and to explain why things are done in certain ways . |
| 2 | Comfort 's anguished determination to make up for her earlier coldness made her far more interfering than Annunziata , whose calm gentleness provided the only moments of real respite for Julia . |
| 3 | At least education has given people confidence to stand up for their own rights ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ She had not the spirit to stand up for her own mother . |
| 5 | The Georgian side is trying to smear the Russian armed forces to make up for its own errors , ’ he said . |
| 6 | If a chap had n't the guts to stand up for his own beastliness where was he ? |
| 7 | I travelled back to Athens , partly in order to make up for my ignominious run in the European Indoor there in 1985 . |
| 8 | Taken to extremes , it will cause the person who feels inadequate to become a workaholic , compelling him to take on more and more in order to make up for his own shortcomings . |
| 9 | For a long time KFW has been promoting in particular the small and medium scale sector of the economy , i.e. it grants loans at favourable interest rates to small and medium sized enterprises to make up for their specific financing disadvantages … |
| 10 | Tell you what , I 'll buy you a cup of coffee to make up for my bad temper before . ’ |