Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] for [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Some tone did go , but this was more than compensated for by the Power Tool 's onboard EQ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | These setbacks however were more than compensated for by the successes . |
| 14 | While it is a premium to the market , it should be more than accounted for by the property . |
| 15 | Here are the charts , as voted for by the readers of the disk-magazine Remark : |
| 16 | The failure to develop a comprehensive local plan for West Belfast , as called for during the discussions of the Belfast Urban Area Plan , into which Springvale could have fitted , reflects the total ad hoc-ery of the approach to developing West Belfast . |
| 17 | As soon as the new government recommends a qualified candidate , Panamanian , to be administrator of the canal , as called for in the treaties , I will submit this nominee to the senate for expedited consideration , ’ Mr Bush said yesterday . |
| 18 | Arising from QEB , Council agreed that the school teacher fellowship scheme , as provided for under the 1991–93 strategic plan , should be continued . |
| 19 | Governor 's rule had initially been imposed for a maximum six-month period ( as provided for under the state Constitution ) on Jan. 19 [ see pp. 37183-84 ] . |
| 20 | The UK and Irish governments meanwhile recommenced regular ministerial meetings as provided for under the Anglo-Irish Agreement . |
| 21 | Some of the more extreme Whigs in the Convention pressed for the removal of the sacramental tests for office-holders as provided for under the Corporation Act and Test Acts . |
| 22 | Some demolition of property and setting back of frontages was completed , but by no means as much as provided for in the Act . |
| 23 | The Institute continued to express its opposition to Compulsory Competitive Tendering for architectural services as provided for in the Local Government Act 1992 . |
| 24 | He is right that any settlement must be based not just on discussions between India and Pakistan , as provided for in the Simla agreement , but on the political process in Kashmir . |
| 25 | References to our name will be appropriate only where we have provided a report for publication in a public document or circular , or ( as provided for in the engagement letter ) have otherwise consented to the ‘ form and context ’ in which our name is to appear . |
| 26 | A two-thirds majority , as provided for in the constitution , would only be held necessary for constitutional changes and legislation affecting human and civil rights . |
| 27 | The Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference , as provided for in the Anglo-Irish Agreement of November 1985 [ see pp. 34070-73 ] , held further meetings early in 1990 . |
| 28 | The Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference , as provided for in the November 1985 Agreement , met in Belfast on July 17 . |
| 29 | In an earlier ultimatum , issued on Aug. 6 , 1990 , the ANC had threatened to halt the constitutional talks unless the government had freed all political prisoners by April 30 , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " accord by which the ANC had agreed to suspend armed action [ see p. 37642 ] . |
| 30 | They included a sweeping revision of the Internal Security Act so as to end detention without trial , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " agreement between the government and the ANC in August 1990 [ see p. 37642 ] ; a proposal to offer Cabinet seats to blacks during a transitional period while a new constitution was being negotiated ; the appointment of a neutral chairman of the constitutional conference ; and the appointment of an independent judge or jurist to investigate incidents of violence . |