Example sentences of "more [conj] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smaller number of A and C allowances was more than made up for by the greater number of B and D allowances . |
| 2 | In August Chapman signed his former half-back George Hampson from Northampton , and although his previous visit to Northampton had failed to secure Walden — he went to Tottenham in April for £1,750 — the developing form of Bainbridge at outside-right more than made up for the disappointment . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Objectively , Karen was prepared to go almost as far as her predecessor , and her eager greed more than made up for the thrill I used to get from subjecting dogged , cow-like Manuela to the same routines . |
| 6 | He lacked fire or animation but his wife more than made up for his apathy and weakness . |
| 7 | But , in spite of the Royal Navy , Jones , after a voyage to be described later , sailed safely back to France , where his reception more than made up for the much cooler one he had received after his ‘ Whitehaven ’ cruise 18 months before . |
| 8 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 9 | If Winterbottom had not played much hard rugby with Headingley , then he more than made up for it in those few short months . |
| 10 | The guards were ill-trained and fearful , with little combat experience , while what the rebels lacked in training and tactics was more than made up for in sheer ferocity and homicidal bloodlust . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As lovers they were not exactly vibrant , but their voices and Lehar 's music more than made up for that . |
| 13 | Some spoilsports did n't turn up with a teddy , but others more than made up for them . |
| 14 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 15 | Traditionally Christmas and snow have always gone together — and even though Safeway ca n't guarantee the weather , it does have a delectable , fully iced Christmas cake which should more than make up for it ! |
| 16 | This approach may lack an academic master work expounding and defending it , but it more than makes up for this with populist political appeal . |
| 17 | She published it entirely by herself so it is a bit makeshift but the advice more than makes up for that . |
| 18 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 19 | What the film lacks in political correctness the depiction of the North American natives of the time is , like Fenimore Cooper 's attitude , verging on the slanderous it more than makes up for in vitality . |