Example sentences of "to compensate for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important therefore to build into the existing legal disincentives a heavy penalty to compensate for the difficulty of detection . |
| 2 | Not only has the arid nature of the land inspired successive rulers to create the most exquisite and luxuriant ornamental gardens in their palaces and towns ; it has also spurred generations of textile artists to compensate for the harshness of their environment by weaving emblems of foliate abundance into their rugs . |
| 3 | The children need to be taught to move head and eyes to compensate for the field loss . |
| 4 | RENTOKIL was quick off the mark yesterday when it decided to increase its dividend by more than earnings to compensate for the Chancellor 's decision to cut the tax credit on dividends from 25 per cent to 20 per cent . |
| 5 | It has even been speculated that a community which has grown up around a manufacturing plant may have a claim for compensation against the owners , if the latter decide to close the plant , in order to compensate for the diminution of land values and the destruction of the local economy . |
| 6 | As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge . |
| 7 | But these offsets are seldom adequate to compensate for the inability to afford the technological investments needed to compete globally . |
| 8 | This means that if , for example , the cooking cycle is programmed for two-and-a-half minutes at a required temperature the machine will adjust to compensate for the fall in temperature which occurs when a frozen or chilled food will have been cooked for two-and-a-half minutes at the correct temperature . |
| 9 | Although the number of suicides by other methods rose , this was not sufficient to compensate for the fall in deaths due to coal gas poisoning — indeed , a reduction in suicide of over 30% was observed . |
| 10 | However , the investor may sell his or her rights to compensate for the fall in the value of the investment , 3,100 - ( 1,000 ) ( 2.99 ) =110 . |
| 11 | To compensate for the reduction in the ambit of the external auditors , Pearson has increased the role of the internal auditors . |
| 12 | There is moderate reduction in lung cancer risk associated with lower tar cigarettes but research in the UK suggests that the assumed health advantages of switching to lower tar may be largely offset by the tendency of smokers to compensate for the reduction in nicotine ( cigarettes lower in tar also tend to be lower in nicotine ) by smoking more or inhaling more deeply [ 4 ] . |
| 13 | In an attempt to compensate for the reduction of Soviet aid the government made serious efforts during 1990 to improve economic relations with its Asian neighbours , including Thailand , Indonesia and Taiwan . |
| 14 | So to maintain a correct course , the bee has to use its body clock to gauge the time and then adjust the angle to compensate for the sun 's movement . |
| 15 | Moreover , although a great cult may have brought in more than enough wealth to compensate for the damage caused by those fleeing from the king 's anger , that wealth could still attract the attention of would-be thieves . |
| 16 | Like Hungary , Poland is using tax breaks and special currency provisions in an effort to compensate for the lack of a convertible currency . |
| 17 | Libya 's transport links by sea and land were reinforced to compensate for the lack of international flights . |
| 18 | Once they get to Stage 2 , children may need a calcium supplement , to compensate for the lack of milk in the diet , and the doctor can prescribe this . |
| 19 | In other words , does public investment follow private , and thereby exacerbate such unevenness , or does it act to compensate for the lack of private capital ? |
| 20 | This was to compensate for the lack of imported fruit and vegetables . |
| 21 | I doubted it because whatever the efficacy of Dr Gyggle 's treatment and however convincing his explanation of how a lonely and fucked-up boy built up a delusion both to compensate for the lack of a father and punish himself for his own Oedipal crime , I still could n't convince myself that I was entirely rid of my mage . |
| 22 | To compensate for the lack of seats two new Sprinter services are being proposed , at 0930 ex Aberystwyth , and at 1130 . |
| 23 | Here is supposed to compensate for the lack of a non-combinatorial entropy contribution in the Flory-Huggins treatment . |
| 24 | The Indian government is claiming $65 million to compensate for the craft ceasing to work last autumn . |
| 25 | It was estimated that the consequent loss of exports and the extra imports needed to compensate for the shortfall could cost the economy up to US$2,000,000 million in 1990 . |
| 26 | The present improvement has for its object to compensate for the disturbance of the balance between the upgoing and downgoing lifts which occurs by the immersion of the latter in the water at the foot of the incline , and the improvement consists in gradually diminishing the gradient at the upper end of the incline so as to avoid the great increase of haulage power which would otherwise be required to raise the ascending lift from about the moment when the descending dock begins to enter the water . |
| 27 | For example , the declining firm needs an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent to compensate for the capital loss of 5 per cent per annum , whereas the supernormal growth firm has a dividend yield of only 2.66 per cent , but this is compensated for by an average annual growth in the share price of 12.34 per cent . |
| 28 | It has been a fashion among Opposition Members — indeed , this was reported by the hon. Gentleman tonight — to suggest that the access funds alone are intended to compensate for the withdrawal of benefits generally and that the £25 million , which he correctly quoted , must , therefore , be inadequate . |
| 29 | Taking effect from Nov. 18 , the reforms included ( i ) a 331/3 per cent devaluation of the currency , with an initial base exchange rate of 90 new kwanzas to the United States dollar ; ( ii ) a reduction in personal income tax , taking the top rate from 40 per cent of earned income to 15 per cent ; ( iii ) reduced consumer taxes ; ( iv ) the lifting of price ceilings on all commodities except soap , cooking oil , rice , sugar and baby milk ; ( v ) a new salary scale for public-sector workers , to compensate for the withdrawal of ration cards which had allowed them to buy goods at low prices ; and ( vi ) a minimum national salary of 12,000 kwanzas . |
| 30 | The events which led to this began on 30 June 1925 when the coal owners decided that they would abolish the national minimum wage , cut wages by about 10 per cent in order to compensate for the government 's return to the gold standard with a reflated pound , and to maintain standard profits no matter how low wages fell . |