Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Seven acres of land has been rented to make up for the lost space . |
| 32 | Seven acres of land has been rented to make up for the lost space . |
| 33 | And did the fourth consecutive Tory victory imply that Her Majesty 's loyal Opposition was destined to remain so for the foreseeable future ? |
| 34 | Two-way telemetry was used to compensate both for the atmospheric effects and for the first-order Doppler shift due to the relative velocity of the masers . |
| 35 | The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example . |
| 36 | It was n't just here and now , he was part of the past and he was going to sign up for the WEA history and archaeology classes . |
| 37 | It was a suspiciously long letter for someone who seldom wrote any , and when Rain was waiting to set off for the office he was still tapping away at it . |
| 38 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 39 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |