Example sentences of "[noun] to make [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Textiles were excluded and there was no significant increases in the sugar quota to make up for cuts in recent years . |
| 2 | In Tokyo , MITI , the Japanese ministry for trade and industry , indicated that it would not approve attempts by Japanese manufacturers to make up for shortfalls in US exports to Europe . |
| 3 | Gooch declared on 304 for six , 17 runs behind Lancashire 's first innings total just before tea in an attempt to make up for time lost because of Friday 's wash-out . |
| 4 | Oh Mark Tad has lost , a lot of ground to make up for Britain |
| 5 | This year poll tax bills in Darlington will rise to £300 , of which £19 is a surcharge to make up for people who have not paid their bills . |
| 6 | Such good management involves proper drainage , maintenance of a neutral pH , a balance between grazing and cutting , mixed stocking , controlled grazing and resting , the avoidance of physical damage ( particularly in bad weather ) , and the return of organic matter to the soil to make up for hay or silage removed . |
| 7 | The painting is one of a cycle of seven consigned by the Earl of Elgin for sale on 21 April to make up for losses incurred on the Lloyds insurance market . |
| 8 | Hoddle 's been in the transfer market to make up for Shearer 's loss . |