Example sentences of "[noun] make [adv prt] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 2 | The Government says that many scholarships will be on offer to make up for the charges , but surely this means that only rich people and the very brightest of the less well-off will be able to afford a degree . |
| 3 | Finally , why will the Government not allow the extra European funds to be spent in the coalfields to make up for the jobs that have been lost ? |
| 4 | For the planners ' part , they know that they must come up with good results to make up for the inadequacies of the previous strategies . |
| 5 | A two week tour of Europe was organised for late-June/July in order to make up for the shows cancelled at the end of last year . |