Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 2 | But he looked far from confident facing an Indian legspinner , specially drafted in for the occasion by manager Keith Fletcher . |
| 3 | Having changed from sweat-sodden clothes , I found that , as the hotel had been taken over for the evening by a wedding party , I and an English couple had a dining-room to ourselves . |
| 4 | She made up for the difficulty by striking their fingers with a ruler when they erred , especially when learning the piano . |
| 5 | After the English cricket and soccer debacles of the past week , Hastings ' side hope to make up for the misery by catching the All Blacks cold New Zealand have not played a Test for 10 months and face the Lions with a new team . |
| 6 | If the person makes up for the deficit by eating extra nutritious food , then he or she might have an adequate amount of nutrients , but the high overall food and calorie intake will lead to obesity . |
| 7 | Hoggett 's analysis concerns itself principally with the opportunities opened up for the left by these changes , with more direct contact between service providers and consumers through neighbourhood offices . |
| 8 | To a large extent of course the Queen was able to make up for the loss by grants of double , triple , and even quadruple subsidies , but in doing so she may have encouraged resistance . |
| 9 | The possibility of an increase in Japanese interest rates was raised , but seemed to be ruled out for the present by the Finance Minister , Ryutaro Hashimoto , in a statement made after his return to Tokyo . |
| 10 | The new bus is expected to be launched later this year on Intel Corp Pentium-based machines and is being developed by for the subcommittee by National Semiconductor Corp . |