Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] compensate for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The studies reached a common conclusion that some physical failures or individual errors can be foreseen , and that improved organisation and management should compensate for such errors . |
| 2 | A crucial factor in the development was the growth of property-owning by towns , probably so that rent income could compensate for deficiencies of toll revenue . |
| 3 | Recently installed swimming-pool may compensate for sometimes impassable road . |
| 4 | Members were told the move would compensate for the loss of car parking spaces in the High Street . |
| 5 | Sure erm no amount of audience contact will compensate for a boring subject . |
| 6 | One of the major areas of research in speech recognition concerns the ways in which general linguistic knowledge can compensate for such errorful or ambiguous acoustic input . |
| 7 | Yet the Genn study in particular shows that no amount of enabling by the tribunal can compensate for the difficulties claimants face in attending the tribunal and arguing their cases . |
| 8 | In general , the more directly political approach argues that the manner in which the state may compensate for the misery of the periphery is crucial and warrants serious investigation since under certain circumstances it may be possible for state intervention to operate with beneficial , net long-term effects . |
| 9 | This in turn might compensate for a reduced number of active cones and visual neurons per unit of retinal area . |
| 10 | No amount of procedural fairness could compensate for lack of knowledge of the complexities of the law . |
| 11 | This neatly demonstrates the Racal approach which has produced Vodafone : invest heavily in value-added services whose growth can compensate for difficulties in traditional product areas . |
| 12 | The reasons given for rejecting this paper are that the brain may compensate for poor hearing by enhancing hearing in the treated ear , resulting in an overestimate of the likely effects of treating both ears . |
| 13 | Convinced that no amount of prosperity could compensate for appalling living conditions , Napoleon II resolved to sweep away this insalubrious heartland in order to create light , air , cleanliness and ease of movement . |
| 14 | Since the increase in tax revenue and the fall in unemployment expenditure would compensate for the cost of servicing the loan , there would be no burden on the exchequer . |
| 15 | ‘ We were never as despondent as many others , knowing that the benefits of the squad system would compensate for some of the retirals of senior players , ’ he added . |
| 16 | If , for example , three known positions are input to the program before each session with the pantograph the software can compensate for any changes in the expected readings due to wear and tear or temperature . |
| 17 | ‘ No amount of holiday can compensate for the beginning of the autumn term , ’ Andrew answered gloomily . |
| 18 | ‘ No money can compensate for that . ’ |
| 19 | Money and medical services can make a person 's life less miserable , but no amount of money can compensate for a crippled player 's loss of freedom . |
| 20 | No amount of money can compensate for being bedridden or a semi-invalid . |
| 21 | It was as though he thought keeping fit would compensate for the image of the decadent Arab which was reflected in most of the press . |
| 22 | It is also likely , in reference to the matters discussed in Chapter 6 , that under communicative pressure learners will place more reliance on lexical means than on the intuitive assumption that context can compensate for an absence of refinement in grammatical signalling . |