Example sentences of "[noun] make up for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 2 | Some say they 'll take over the children 's education completely as they try to help their youngsters make up for lost time . |
| 3 | I wonder what the Labour party would cut elsewhere in the health service to make up for that loss of revenue . |
| 4 | The theory is that if museums save on salaries and paper clips they will have more money to spend on works of art ; the reality is that they will almost certainly be saving on the works of art to make up for inadequate funding overall . |
| 5 | Gimenez , who went the distance before losing to a 36-year-old Roberto Duran in 1987 is relishing his chance to make up for lost time . |
| 6 | SKIPPER Allan Border hit his highest first-class score of the tour as Australia made up for lost time on a rain-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 7 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 8 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 9 | Grant was removed from those authorities , so that any increase in spending brought a fall in income and , therefore , implied a further increase in rates to make up for that loss . |
| 10 | This win made up for last year 's defeat by Rob Orme when things just did n't go right for Dunlop . |
| 11 | They found that , although it did make a difference in a few cases , most babies got enough iron from solid food to make up for any loss through drinking cow 's milk . |
| 12 | The women made up for this restraint . |
| 13 | He set off again almost as soon as he had returned to Hobart to make up for lost time on an overland expedition to Launceston and George Town , 60 miles from Hobart on the North Coast of the island . |
| 14 | Babies have very immature immune systems and rely upon breast milk to make up for this deficiency as it contains protective factors . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , we immediately started our other meetings to make up for lost time . |
| 16 | On the question of job satisfaction making up for low pay relative to other sectors , Serota said he had not found highly paid individuals in the City were markedly unsatisfied in their work . |