Example sentences of "make [adv prt] for this [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , there have been no social events this year hopefully we can make up for this in nineteen ninety four . |
| 2 | Having failed English Alevel , five years on he made up for this by getting a first for his thesis and a fine arts degree from Portsmouth Polytechnic . |
| 3 | Although individually insignificant , ants make up for this in sheer numbers and total biomass ; they are among the dominant extant organisms on Earth . |
| 4 | Everton , still without their regular centre-backs Ratcliffe and Watson because of injury , again tried to make up for this by playing Snodin as a spare centre-back behind Keown and McDonald . |
| 5 | However , attempts have been made to make up for this by the development of other devices such as question time , ten-minute rule bills and the practice of asking wide-ranging questions each Thursday when the business for the following week is announced . |
| 6 | This approach may lack an academic master work expounding and defending it , but it more than makes up for this with populist political appeal . |