Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruari and Ranald normally lazed about , cut peat , or borrowed a boat and rowed out to do a bit fishing to stock up for the winter , while Luch did her usual tasks and her usual check on the baby — the babies , now — in the bower . |
| 2 | KENNY Dalglish is poised to bring in a Danish defender to make up for the disappointment of losing £2.5 million Craig Short . |
| 3 | In America the war was not much more decisive than its predecessor , but British successes in Europe and claims to compensation to make up for the fact that the Bourbons had secured the Spanish throne meant that Britain kept her gains instead of returning them as she had done in 1697 . |
| 4 | Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was Heather 's turn to wake up for the forecast … ‘ 4,5,6,7 , even gale 8 ! ’ |
| 7 | Some people like to have a sharp canter to warm up for the steeplechase , I prefer not to . |
| 8 | The restaurant was decked with more stars and stripes than you could count , and the staff took great care to dress up for the occasion . |
| 9 | In order to build up for the trip to Orrell , Cusworth is omitted from the Leicester side to face Coventry at home this weekend . |
| 10 | Taylor wants everyone to be sunny side up after the World Cup qualifier to make up for the fact that no English club sides are left in Europe and give everyone — players and fans — a lift . |
| 11 | So here the relationship between the lexical concepts has to be marked in some way to make up for the inadequacy of the words to indicate what part of the general context of knowledge is to be engaged . |
| 12 | This internationally acclaimed programme has mobilised the Vietnamese people to plant at least 160,000 hectares of trees per year to make up for the loss of some 2.2 million hectares of forest and farmland destroyed during the war , as well as the country 's current forest losses . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | His flat is modernist and bleak , his clothes are grey , she dresses in red and puts enough flowers in his kitchen to make up for the decimation of the rainforests . |
| 15 | ‘ Just in time to wake up for the finish ! |
| 16 | I decided to economise on decor to make up for the expense of the filter . |
| 17 | This is the time to make up for the imprecision of the life story in Step 1 . |