Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes about half an hour to set up for 2 shots , which will take up about 5 seconds each on screen . |
| 2 | It 's an income redistribution to make up for 12 years of Reagan and Bush in which the rich got richer and the poor got poorer . |
| 3 | Sometimes she thought that she and William both had a need to make up for those lost ten years . |
| 4 | YOUR LAST CHANCE TO FILL UP FOR 30 MILES it read . |
| 5 | I wonder what the Labour party would cut elsewhere in the health service to make up for that loss of revenue . |
| 6 | The theory is that if museums save on salaries and paper clips they will have more money to spend on works of art ; the reality is that they will almost certainly be saving on the works of art to make up for inadequate funding overall . |
| 7 | Maybe this was my chance to make up for all those little oversights and lapses in the past , which we all have no matter how hard we try to forget or overlook them . |
| 8 | Gimenez , who went the distance before losing to a 36-year-old Roberto Duran in 1987 is relishing his chance to make up for lost time . |
| 9 | However , anyone who is on the move , under stress or is likely to skip meals should think about taking a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement to make up for any deficiencies in diet . |
| 10 | The pattern of the first day of the autumn term was fixed ; the first-years , who had arrived at their halls of residence the day before , came to the department in the morning to sign up for various optional courses . |
| 11 | They found that , although it did make a difference in a few cases , most babies got enough iron from solid food to make up for any loss through drinking cow 's milk . |
| 12 | He may have been pleased to get the job — but he was only shot into the spot in order to stand up for good , Christian , family values and to restore party morale in Cecil 's wake . |
| 13 | The executive Board approved drawings , equivalent to 468,9000,000 special drawing rights ( about US $635 million ) , under its compensatory and contingency financing facility ( CCFF ) in order to make up for anticipated balance-of-payments deficits caused by higher oil prices and lower exports and Gulf remittances . |
| 14 | Babies have very immature immune systems and rely upon breast milk to make up for this deficiency as it contains protective factors . |
| 15 | It would n't be realistic to expect Christmas to make up for three flat years , ’ commented Sue Butterworth at Silver Moon Bookshop on the Charing Cross Road . |