Example sentences of "in [noun] to make [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grant was removed from those authorities , so that any increase in spending brought a fall in income and , therefore , implied a further increase in rates to make up for that loss . |
| 2 | She relates how she , like many other miners , wives , sells foodstuffs in the street in order to make up for what her husband 's wage does not cover in necessities . |
| 3 | Taken to extremes , it will cause the person who feels inadequate to become a workaholic , compelling him to take on more and more in order to make up for his own shortcomings . |
| 4 | I travelled back to Athens , partly in order to make up for my ignominious run in the European Indoor there in 1985 . |
| 5 | A two week tour of Europe was organised for late-June/July in order to make up for the shows cancelled at the end of last year . |
| 6 | The executive Board approved drawings , equivalent to 468,9000,000 special drawing rights ( about US $635 million ) , under its compensatory and contingency financing facility ( CCFF ) in order to make up for anticipated balance-of-payments deficits caused by higher oil prices and lower exports and Gulf remittances . |