Example sentences of "and make up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if farms remain profitable , yield-increasing technologies tend to mask the effect of soil degradation and erosion and make up for declines in fertility that would have occurred if land had been cultivated with a constant level of technology . |
| 2 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 3 | She realized he was trying to lead the conversation away from her husband , to be kind and make up for his blunder . |
| 4 | It was to salve her conscience , she thought , and make up for her obsessional preoccupation with Nick Frazer . |
| 5 | We , all of us had er a bed-sitting room of our own which we kept on between cases cos we had to have somewhere to live and erm and then of course we , we 'd come back there and make up for lost time really . |
| 6 | Musically — forget it , but the spot effects are great and make up for the poor acoustic tones . |