Example sentences of "the [noun sg] to make [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promised to buy shares in the brewery to make up for it . |
| 2 | All the judges can do is award a greater proportion of non pension assets to the wife to make up for her lack of long term security and if these other assets are small , the husband is still the winner . |
| 3 | ROD WALLACE last night pleaded for the chance to make up for his England heartache , writes John Edwards . |
| 4 | Such good management involves proper drainage , maintenance of a neutral pH , a balance between grazing and cutting , mixed stocking , controlled grazing and resting , the avoidance of physical damage ( particularly in bad weather ) , and the return of organic matter to the soil to make up for hay or silage removed . |
| 5 | This is the time to make up for the imprecision of the life story in Step 1 . |