Example sentences of "make [adv] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our investigations of characteristics of user establishments were made only for the private sector , since we assumed non-market forces to be of too great importance in the public sector to permit most of the relevant propositions to be tested . |
| 2 | By the way they 're also made up for the following week as well in case , if it 's Tuesday night , oh , let me just look at next week , what have I got ? |
| 3 | In 1982 Ferrari launched the 208 Turbo ( made mainly for the Italian market and powered by a two-litre turbocharged V8 ) and , more recently have come the ultimate developments of the original theme — the 288GTO and the F40 . |
| 4 | It will not make up for the insufficient level of public services that Cleveland has been given by BR . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It will make up for the dismal showing of the England football and cricket teams , lift some of the sporting gloom . |
| 6 | On both occasions the Soviet Union made up for the extreme weakness of its client but , by providing the personnel to operate missile sites , it was consciously limiting the ways in which these missiles could be used against Israel . |
| 7 | Will any amount of ‘ free ’ pencils , clipboards or folders make up for the likely storm of protest that inevitably follows these type of links ? |
| 8 | He made straight for the big warhorse , mounted , said something to Will , and started along the street . |
| 9 | The latter comes in only when this mechanism is no longer operative , when it fails to apply , and the role of the preposition is then to make up for the inoperative movement of incidence … |
| 10 | Seven acres of land has been rented to make up for the lost space . |
| 11 | Seven acres of land has been rented to make up for the lost space . |
| 12 | These rare but vivid glimpses of the extraordinary variety of life experience among the older generation in the early twentieth century are not only precious in themselves , but suggest the dangers of generalizing about the earlier past to make up for the lost history of ageing . |
| 13 | ( I even fancied that the prop-wash from our full power had blown the dinghy back a bit to make up for the slight delay in the drop ) . |
| 14 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 15 | The largely working-class suburbs pay higher rates for shared services to make up for the high percentage of Detroit residents who default . |
| 16 | He persuaded her to eat a little fish to make up for the missing protein . |
| 17 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 18 | Striving to make up for the considerable loss of all-rounder Jonathan Barnes , who is now a County League professional , Darlington RA have signed Australian Troy Dixon as their professional . |
| 19 | The tutorial supplied is excellent and more than makes up for the formal style of the manuals . |
| 20 | One glimpse of the world 's most spectacular waterfall makes up for the tiresome form-filling in baking customs halls which any African border crossing entails — neither Botswana nor Zimbabwe are suitable for those who wilt quickly in the heat or ca n't stomach light aircraft . |
| 21 | OK , so he drops the charm at every commercial break often deserting a guest to make straight for the waiting make-up girls . |