Example sentences of "make [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | After 400 yds , just before ridge rises , bear half left down off ridge : soon lake and outdoor centre passed at start of walk are seen below — make down for right-hand end of lake . |
2 | I expect that the Minister can reassure him that an environmental impact assessment can not have been made properly for that incinerator yet , because an application does not yet appear to have been made . |
3 | The public has to rely on the media but some presentations seem to be made more for dramatic effect than to provide unbiased information . |
4 | Adjustment has been made throughout for intra-industry bulk Scotch Whisky sales . |
5 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
6 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
7 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
8 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
9 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
10 | Flower arrangers can test their skills by submitting designs for that posy , and colleagues will choose the winning entry to be made up for 2 July . |
11 | Unfortunately for them Palace injuries prevented the other two players from making any more than token contributions to our promotion hopes of the late 1920s and early 1930s , but Tom Crilly , a full-back by profession , more than made up for those disappointments . |
12 | In time , beach reconnaissance would become a scientific study of landing areas and their immediate hinterland — the littoral across which Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott 's men would lead raiders and the van of invasions , guiding the landing craft crews with marker canoes and other devices that in part at least made up for these flotillas ' limited experience of coastal navigation . |
13 | Bert Millichip , the FA chairman , claimed that the decision to seed England in Cagliari had been made purely for footballing reasons . |
14 | Bert Millichip , the FA chairman , claimed that the decision to seed England in Cagliari had been made purely for footballing reasons . |
15 | Although most nomadic tribes have a long history of weaving rugs specifically for trade , a number of items coming onto the western market may well have been made originally for personal use . |
16 | Yet an argument could be made out for Haversian bone being linked with large body-size rather than thermoregulation techniques . |
17 | Despite recent insights then , a respectable case can be made out for some form of intervention in some natural monopoly cases . |
18 | It was believed that the treaty had been made simply for private gain , and this view was given substance by Isabella 's appropriation of much of the £20,000 payment from Bruce . |
19 | Every time a problem is solved by reasonable and rational discussion , the way is made easier for similar problem-solving in the future . |
20 | The Labour Party has been making noises which suggest that things would be made easier for these schools , but I believe its welcome back would be a stab in the back for most of them . ’ |
21 | For example , if you are looking for something for your in-foal mare , choose a supplement which has been made specifically for this purpose such as Medi Equus stud formula . |
22 | Those councils which wanted to could make up for lost grant by increasing rate levels , and many did so , so that overall levels of spending did not fall significantly . |
23 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
24 | ‘ Why do n't we make up for lost time , then , Luke ? |
25 | The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap . |
26 | Eggs are the perfect protein , containing all eight essential amino acids , so they can make up for any deficiency that may be caused elsewhere . |
27 | ‘ All Mr Fallon 's splutterings will not make up for those people who are on record waiting lists in Darlington . |
28 | Succeeding in this would make up for previous frustration in attempts to follow Bowen . |
29 | Then they escorted us to our rooms , where we gratefully made up for lost sleep . |
30 | SKIPPER Allan Border hit his highest first-class score of the tour as Australia made up for lost time on a rain-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |