Example sentences of "more than compensated " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His absence was more than compensated for by her mother Vanne , whom she obviously adores . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was a clockwork existence for the children , but the rapturous applause more than compensated for their tiredness at the end of the day . |
| 5 | Some tone did go , but this was more than compensated for by the Power Tool 's onboard EQ . |
| 6 | But demand for ready-made pizzas , sandwiches , ethnic foods and salads more than compensated . |
| 7 | Fortunes have been mixed in Europe , with falling demand from the northern markets — particularly the UK and Germany — being more than compensated for by those of southern Europe . |
| 8 | In some cases a relatively low rateable value more than compensated for a high rate poundage ( Blair 1988a:2 ) . |
| 9 | In more remote rural areas , such as northern England , parts of the Grampians , west Wales , and Northern Ireland , net migration loss was more than compensated for by high fertility ( type 4 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | However , the myth of the moral integrity of the Soviet state more than compensated for its metaphysical shortcomings . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Secretary of State concluded that students were now being more than compensated for the loss of their benefit entitlement . |
| 14 | While some forms of employment in the area have declined ( for example , in the railway workshops ) , they have been more than compensated for by the high technology boom and its associated distribution and service industries . |
| 15 | A market downturn in rig moves was more than compensated for by a significant increase in supporting offshore construction projects . |
| 16 | An outcome such as 4 raises A's utility to and B's to Intuitively , what is happening is that A 's loss of utility from the reduction of her own income is being more than compensated for by the knowledge that B 's income is also falling . |
| 17 | An excellent seam of Dutchmen was worked , " these were all Dutch naval pilots and navigators , not particularly experienced but the lack of hours was more than compensated for by their almost embarrassing zest for flying . |
| 18 | We have had a good year , barring accidents , and although the summer weather was disastrous we have been more than compensated by the most beautiful Autumn ever . |
| 19 | These setbacks however were more than compensated for by the successes . |