Example sentences of "more [conj] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellis 's sense of the quiet solidarity between women , and of the bonds of love that bind the generations together , is so sure that it more than compensates for the novel 's occasional listlessness . |
| 2 | But now that the resort is quieter and cleaner , it more than compensates for the lack of clothes bargains . |
| 3 | The Secretary of State concluded that students were now being more than compensated for the loss of their benefit entitlement . |
| 4 | However , most people who join the industry feel that the interesting nature of the work and career opportunities more than compensate for the unusual hours they are expected to work . |
| 5 | In many cases the large size of a company , which is the source of its market power , may enable it to make cost savings which , although not fully passed on , more than compensate for the distorting effects of an uncompetitive market structure . |
| 6 | The popularity of arbitrage portfolios suggests that the advantages more than compensate for the risk that the value of the arbitrage portfolio will deviate from the index at delivery . |
| 7 | These should more than compensate for the natural decline in other more mature fields . |
| 8 | From about 1940 to the 1970s , in this picture , both solar and volcanic influences were acting to cool the Earth , more than compensating for the rapid buildup of carbon dioxide , even with the standard greenhouse effect numbers . |
| 9 | Registration figures went down when the poll tax was introduced , but — at least nationally — they staged a marked recovery in 1992 , more than compensating for the 1989 drop . |
| 10 | Profits at Kode International Plc more than doubled for the year to December 31 as a result of acquisition of DCM Services ( CI No 1,988 ) and substantial increase in both turnover and profits at Kam Circuits . |
| 11 | On Nov. 20 , 1989 , the Finance Ministry presented a supplementary budget of IS4,300 million for the 1989-90 financial year , based on estimates that the deficit on government spending had more than doubled for the year , to IS4,100 million . |
| 12 | He called the RAC once more and arranged for the car to be taken to the edge of Brighton . |