Example sentences of "make up for [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Thus conservation has become a much more difficult and demanding area , but this has been made up for by an improvement in the scientific knowledge now available to the conservator .
2 The smaller number of A and C allowances was more than made up for by the greater number of B and D allowances .
3 The cost is more than made up for by the fact that virtually no man-hours are lost through strike action .
4 The out of centre position is made up for by the excellent rates Amsterdam Travel Service have specially negotiated at this hotel .
5 His limited means , however , were made up for by the passion of his yearning to collect .
6 Non-ruminants can not extract much energy from the hard parts of the plant ; however , this is more than made up for by the fact that food passes much more quickly through their guts .
7 The unpredictability of the man was more than made up for by the heady feeling of surrendering to life at its sweetest and most bright .
8 That 'll mean less business for the animal crematorium — but its owners say that 'll be more than made up for by the increasing number of people who are choosing to have their familly pets cremated .
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