Example sentences of "to make [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brickyard had only a few left so those around the leaping dolphins would be used as a ‘ brick bank ’ to make up for breakages . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The body may attempt to make up for sleep lost at night by naps in the day , which can sometimes disturb the body 's natural rhythm . |
| 4 | Oh Mark Tad has lost , a lot of ground to make up for Britain |
| 5 | Hoddle 's been in the transfer market to make up for Shearer 's loss . |
| 6 | Could it have been to make up for Cymbeline 's cheating that the Umpire permitted me to find the sacristy so easily ? |
| 7 | Gooch declared on 304 for six , 17 runs behind Lancashire 's first innings total just before tea in an attempt to make up for time lost because of Friday 's wash-out . |
| 8 | In Tokyo , MITI , the Japanese ministry for trade and industry , indicated that it would not approve attempts by Japanese manufacturers to make up for shortfalls in US exports to Europe . |
| 9 | This year poll tax bills in Darlington will rise to £300 , of which £19 is a surcharge to make up for people who have not paid their bills . |
| 10 | The workers , members of the International Association of Machinists , are taking advantage of the boom to try to make up for years of contract concessions and stagnant income . |
| 11 | Some form of processing ( amplifiers ) will be used in a long-distance system to ‘ boost ’ the signal level every so often to make up for losses before it is sent on its way again . |
| 12 | To make up for losses by retirals , resignations and transfers some more recruits joined in the 1950s including M. Armstrong , A. Davies , A. L. Harris , M. F. Howells , F. May and D. I. Smith . |
| 13 | The painting is one of a cycle of seven consigned by the Earl of Elgin for sale on 21 April to make up for losses incurred on the Lloyds insurance market . |
| 14 | Bundespost Telekom says that operating profit in 1992 fell 4.6% to the equivalent of $4,157m ; after Telekom has made its required subvention to the federal government and its two loss-making sister units , it will be left with nothing to add to reserves — it is required by law to transfer 10 pct of its annual turnover to the federal government and to make up for losses at the Postdienst mail service and Postbank postal banking unit , Reuter notes . |
| 15 | Textiles were excluded and there was no significant increases in the sugar quota to make up for cuts in recent years . |
| 16 | There was a mild stockbuilding boom , probably to make up for dislocations over the winter , and commodity prices took off again . |
| 17 | AN EMPLOYEE stole his boss 's BMW car and sold it to make up for wages he had not been paid , a court heard . |
| 18 | After a brief stop at Gairlochy , I decide to make straight for Fiona 's croft . |