Example sentences of "compensate [prep] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alleged deficiency is compensated for by a neurologically based preference for Chomskian grammars . |
| 2 | During the 11 years the numbers of residents in NHS geriatric and psychiatric beds fell by 41% ; this fall was partly compensated for by a 37% rise in the number of patients in acute beds . |
| 3 | They are by no means compensated for by a disproportionately high level of real disposable income . |
| 4 | A market downturn in rig moves was more than compensated for by a significant increase in supporting offshore construction projects . |
| 5 | Relatedly , it afforded the wife no financial privacy ( except by couples opting to be taxed as two single persons , which ‘ paid ’ financially only if the loss of the husband 's allowance could be compensated for by a lower amount of income subject to a tax band higher than the basic rate ) . |
| 6 | However , whereas for the 55–59 age-group the fall in unemployment was compensated for by an increase in employment , as well as in sickness and disability , for the 60–64 age-group early retirement increased more substantially than employment . |
| 7 | For example , the declining firm needs an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent to compensate for the capital loss of 5 per cent per annum , whereas the supernormal growth firm has a dividend yield of only 2.66 per cent , but this is compensated for by an average annual growth in the share price of 12.34 per cent . |
| 8 | This inertia in accepting the need for change was , however , amply compensated for by an extremely effective programme of design , the setting up of new manufacturing facilities and by the retraining of assembly workers to handle the new electronic technology . |
| 9 | Any disappointment he may feel over the delay has been more than compensated for by the news that tickets for this year 's event are already selling fast . |
| 10 | Any loss in emotional or dramatic range , however , is generally compensated for by the fearsome intensity of the vision that results , and the compelling stylishness with which it is communicated . |
| 11 | While they might find ‘ delinquent ’ behaviour , in its many manifestations , irritating , as the role of juvenile labour in the production process was always either peripheral or auxiliary , the ‘ delinquency ’ was more than compensated for by the advantages of using young workers who were cheap , malleable , non-unionized , easy to recruit and just as easy to dismiss . |
| 12 | Eisner and Nowicki suggest that the occasional missed meal is more than adequately compensated for by the preservation of the web . |
| 13 | The limitation of the power of flight and of many other capacities surrendered as a result of the insatiable appetite of the developing man for ever more ability , was to be at least partially compensated for by the advance of technology in a remote future . |
| 14 | Sound is a little thin , but amply compensated for by the ‘ live ’ atmosphere . |
| 15 | Some members of the Committee moved that the school stay open , on the grounds that short-term financial gain would not be compensated for by the long-term loss to the community . |
| 16 | Such betrayals , when not over-taxing the as yet limited mental resources of the infant , are compensated for by the acquisition of new much praised skills and satisfactions . |
| 17 | Some tone did go , but this was more than compensated for by the Power Tool 's onboard EQ . |
| 18 | The temperature may be lower than in the height of summer , but that 's compensated for by the peace and quiet you find out of season . |
| 19 | Its omission from the exhibition is compensated for by the inclusion of two later versions ( 1896 , Goteborgs Kunstmuseum and 1907 , Tate Gallery , the only painting by the artist in a British public collection ) . |
| 20 | The requirements for military or test pilots place less emphasis on the number of flying hours required and this is compensated for by the more stringent type of flying they have been involved in ( though it is true that a large proportion of airline pilots learned to fly and served in military aviation before becoming civil pilots ) . |
| 21 | This was the outcome of changes in population growth and its age distribution which were only partly compensated for by the marked increase in female participation ratios , especially of those in the 25–60 age groups [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 22 | The insects are only an annoyance on the rare days when there is n't a breeze blowing , and are more than compensated for by the wealth of bird life in the area And it is not only birds . |
| 23 | But the inward drift slows slightly as the extra dissipative losses are more than compensated for by the energy and angular momentum which the bar pumps in at this point — recall that the bar is here going around faster than the gas , so it has a tendency to spin the gas up as well as a tendency to cause it to radiate vigorously . |
| 24 | This is more of a glider trait and , while it takes a little getting used to , it is more than compensated for by the aircraft 's power-off glide abilities . |
| 25 | To the English , no settlement could be envisaged without consideration of their king 's claim to the crown of France , a claim which might be compensated for by the grant of other territories in France , to be held in full sovereignty . |
| 26 | Dr. Leadbetter then commented on the other side of the coin ; the problems of under-funding were to some extent compensated for by the rewards of hard earned success . |
| 27 | For those on the margins or in casual labour the extra mouths to feed in infancy was more than compensated for by the potentially increased sources of income and domestic help in childhood and adolescence . |
| 28 | The even more rapid decline in the two-party vote in Britain is to some extent compensated for by the increased vote for the smaller parties since the 1970s , but in the United States the proportion of the electorate mobilized by the parties is almost certainly even smaller because of the growing number of single-issue pressure groups in recent years . |
| 29 | Every Sunday morning when his wife woke him he soundly ( if silently ) cursed his adopted religion ; but the hell of getting up when all sensible creatures were lost in lovely sleep , was more than compensated for by the feeling of well-being after Mass , which made him beam and glow like an advertisement for salts — ‘ It 's Inner Cleanliness that counts ! ’ — ; and look forward with relish to eggs and bacon with a righteous sense of having earned them , and the lazy hours to follow . |
| 30 | As the black hole loses mass , the area of its event horizon gets smaller , but this decrease in the entropy of the black hole is more than compensated for by the entropy of the emitted radiation , so the second law is never violated . |