Example sentences of "[vb pp] for by the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The requirements for military or test pilots place less emphasis on the number of flying hours required and this is compensated for by the more stringent type of flying they have been involved in ( though it is true that a large proportion of airline pilots learned to fly and served in military aviation before becoming civil pilots ) . |
| 3 | The downgrading of domestic industry may be compensated for by the more progressive business environment that foreign , and particularly high technology US , European or Japanese companies promote . |
| 4 | Previous research has shown an association between diabetes and certain antigens coded for by the so called ‘ major histocompatibility complex ’ . |
| 5 | The certainty that the average is a type is paid for by the relatively few properties which are likely to survive a generalizing procedure over many individuals . |
| 6 | This is accounted for by the rather different procedure adopted in child sexual abuse investigations when there is an urgent need to protect the suspected victim and her or his evidence from outside pressure which may well emanate from the victim 's family . |