Example sentences of "make [adv prt] for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 2 | As lovers they were not exactly vibrant , but their voices and Lehar 's music more than made up for that . |
| 3 | But the the people I met made up for that . |
| 4 | But even that conciliatory gesture never really convinced me that Don Bradman 's signature could make up for that of Jack Hobbs . |
| 5 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 6 | I urge those on both Front Benches to reflect on how they can make up for that democratic lack . |
| 7 | The wife and daughter were usually silent , but Service and I made up for that . |
| 8 | ‘ But you are making up for that today , ’ said Dr Neil gravely , his mouth twitching , particularly when she looked at him , a question on her pretty face , her mouth being too full for further speech . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If I may say so , you 're a bit long in the tooth to be an articled clerk , and — to make up for that — you have an air of authority that scarcely fits you for a junior position . |
| 11 | I 've offered , ’ she pointed out , then added , ‘ Perhaps it would help to make up for that other time when I refused to help . ’ |
| 12 | I wonder what the Labour party would cut elsewhere in the health service to make up for that loss of revenue . |
| 13 | The legs and knees take a belt — — you are , after all , suffering most of the strains of downhill skiing and for longer at a stretch — but the distance travelled more than makes up for that . |
| 14 | She published it entirely by herself so it is a bit makeshift but the advice more than makes up for that . |