Example sentences of "make [adv prt] for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emotional maturation is arrested during the active phase of addictive disease and therefore the counsellor who is in recovery will need to have made up for this lost time for emotional development . |
| 2 | I urge those on both Front Benches to reflect on how they can make up for that democratic lack . |
| 3 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 4 | Owners should make up for any lost socialising time with large dogs because , while lack of socialisation can mean problems for any dog , the big boys are that much more of a handful in later life . |
| 5 | But Hackney made up for those heart-stopping moments with 100 per cent willingness to try anything and his 200 per cent determination for the team cause . |
| 6 | PIETER Huistra , left out of Rangers ' two past cup final occasions , made up for those past disappointments last night by hitting the crucial equaliser against Bruges in the European Cup . |
| 7 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 8 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 9 | I 've offered , ’ she pointed out , then added , ‘ Perhaps it would help to make up for that other time when I refused to help . ’ |
| 10 | If not , it gives you time to take evasive action — either to build up your savings to make up for any expected shortfall , or to increase your premiums . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Popular with those who 've found romance late in life , and would like to make up for those lost years . |