Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A market downturn in rig moves was more than compensated for by a significant increase in supporting offshore construction projects . |
| 2 | Any disappointment he may feel over the delay has been more than compensated for by the news that tickets for this year 's event are already selling fast . |
| 3 | While they might find ‘ delinquent ’ behaviour , in its many manifestations , irritating , as the role of juvenile labour in the production process was always either peripheral or auxiliary , the ‘ delinquency ’ was more than compensated for by the advantages of using young workers who were cheap , malleable , non-unionized , easy to recruit and just as easy to dismiss . |
| 4 | Some tone did go , but this was more than compensated for by the Power Tool 's onboard EQ . |
| 5 | The insects are only an annoyance on the rare days when there is n't a breeze blowing , and are more than compensated for by the wealth of bird life in the area And it is not only birds . |
| 6 | But the inward drift slows slightly as the extra dissipative losses are more than compensated for by the energy and angular momentum which the bar pumps in at this point — recall that the bar is here going around faster than the gas , so it has a tendency to spin the gas up as well as a tendency to cause it to radiate vigorously . |
| 7 | This is more of a glider trait and , while it takes a little getting used to , it is more than compensated for by the aircraft 's power-off glide abilities . |
| 8 | For those on the margins or in casual labour the extra mouths to feed in infancy was more than compensated for by the potentially increased sources of income and domestic help in childhood and adolescence . |
| 9 | Every Sunday morning when his wife woke him he soundly ( if silently ) cursed his adopted religion ; but the hell of getting up when all sensible creatures were lost in lovely sleep , was more than compensated for by the feeling of well-being after Mass , which made him beam and glow like an advertisement for salts — ‘ It 's Inner Cleanliness that counts ! ’ — ; and look forward with relish to eggs and bacon with a righteous sense of having earned them , and the lazy hours to follow . |
| 10 | As the black hole loses mass , the area of its event horizon gets smaller , but this decrease in the entropy of the black hole is more than compensated for by the entropy of the emitted radiation , so the second law is never violated . |
| 11 | While some forms of employment in the area have declined ( for example , in the railway workshops ) , they have been more than compensated for by the high technology boom and its associated distribution and service industries . |
| 12 | An outcome such as 4 raises A's utility to and B's to Intuitively , what is happening is that A 's loss of utility from the reduction of her own income is being more than compensated for by the knowledge that B 's income is also falling . |
| 13 | Hence the loss of areas 3 + 5 to the UK is more than compensated for by the remittance of profits from Germany , as area 10 is greater than areas 3 + 5 . |
| 14 | These setbacks however were more than compensated for by the successes . |
| 15 | However that may be , we are satisfied that the plain natural meaning of section 1(1) was that contended for by the Attorney-General . |
| 16 | Advertising revenue fell by less than 1 p.c. to £88.2m , and the 23 p.c. fall in pre-tax profits to £8.62m was more than accounted for by a £1.6m rise in its Channel 4 subscription and by £2.36m of exceptional staff cutting costs . |
| 17 | While it is a premium to the market , it should be more than accounted for by the property . |
| 18 | After nearly perishing on the moors , she is taken in and cared for by the Reverend St John Rivers and his sisters Mary and Diana . |
| 19 | Storms had wrecked the Spanish fleet on the shores of West Ireland , and the refugees had been welcomed and cared for by the Irish people . |
| 20 | Some small but particularly beautiful areas of woods , cliffs and islands are preserved and cared for by the National Trust . |
| 21 | Along the road we were ably supported and cared for by the ubiquitous Ian Godwin ( no , do n't let him map read ! ) and the effervescent Liz Roberts ( in charge of silliness and peanut butter and banana sandwiches ) . |
| 22 | The buyer 's concerns here are that these items be properly used and cared for by the seller , that they be used only for the purposes of the sub-contract ( ie that the seller does not use them to make goods for third parties which can then be sold by them in competition with the buyer ) , and that they be returned to him at the end of the sub-contract . |
| 23 | On check-out the group leader will hand the reception manager a copy of this voucher detailing all the charges the tour operator will be responsible for and signed for by the group leader . |
| 24 | Little wonder it is acclaimed in song and story and longed for by the expatriate Scot ! |
| 25 | Opposite its entrance is the High Synagogue , completed in 1568 and paid for by the mayor of the ghetto , Mordechai Maizl . |
| 26 | Great as his victory had been , London was not quite ready for a twenty-foot high anatomically accurate Achilles , especially as the statue had been commissioned and paid for by the grateful women of England . |
| 27 | Allowances and benefits arranged and paid for by the employer prior to departure include : medical examinations ; inoculations ; passports ; visas ; work permits ; travel to point of departure ; hotel accommodation ; housing costs ( agents ' fees , etc. ) ; car compensation ( as in the case of an enforced sale ) ; outfit allowance and language tuition . |
| 28 | At one end is the newspaper or magazine , delivered by the newsagent and paid for by the reader . |
| 29 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 30 | Owners of bed and breakfast establishments nearly always require payment in advance and they are now refusing to take people on social security benefits who are not actually placed and paid for by the local authority . |