Example sentences of "made [adv] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small charge is made locally for the use of the showers . |
| 2 | These terminological changes are not made merely for the sake of variety but because I believe the substitute terms convey their meaning more pointedly than Marx 's originals . |
| 3 | Maradona , who captains the defending World Cup champions , was quoted in several Italian newspapers yesterday as saying that ‘ World Cup groups had been predetermined and the draw was made just for the fun of the television audience ’ . |
| 4 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 5 | Crilly has tidied the flat , and my bed is made up for a queen with extra duvets and fluffy pillows . |
| 6 | There had never been a great deal of money , but no one had ever gone hungry and the feelings of warmth and love between the members of the family had more than made up for the lack of luxuries . |
| 7 | I wondered briefly what a British nursing sister would have said , but the act of motherly comfort may well have made up for the lack of quiet during the day . |
| 8 | This resembles the bar which Conrad II added to the imperial crown probably made originally for the coronation of the emperor Otto I in Rome in 962 . |
| 9 | It also presents the most difficult problem for those who , like myself , are convinced on practical grounds that a sufficient case can not be made out for the restoration of capital punishment . |