Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not a model that holds up for the twentieth century , when liberalization of the divorce law was not a matter of last resort but was rather always proposed as a means of strengthening the institution of marriage ( by permitting those ‘ living in sin ’ to remarry ) ; when opinion shifted with dramatic speed , for example between the conservative recommendations of the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce and the endorsement of profound liberalization given a mere ten years later by both the Law Commission and the Church of England ; and when the change in views of key institutions such as the Church of England were as important as those of lawyers . |
| 2 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 3 | The tutorial supplied is excellent and more than makes up for the formal style of the manuals . |
| 4 | But the interesting people she meets more than makes up for the bad ones . |
| 5 | A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land . |