Example sentences of "can [vb infin] up for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits .
2 But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie .
3 Hadley is adamant that , despite the views expressed by Wayne Shelford , nothing can make up for the satisfaction of representing the country of your birth at international level .
4 This last month , the Bavarians have been going through the painful experience of learning that , where an historic collection is concerned , it is the whole which is greater than the parts , and no saving of individual items can make up for the erosion of that whole .
5 You can go up for the day .
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