Example sentences of "[subord] made [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in the case of Lord Inchrya the payments to the beneficiary were of a periodical nature and although made out of capital ( see however Stevenson v Wishart 59 TC 740 ) were payments of income and must be taxed as such . |
| 2 | The smaller number of A and C allowances was more than made up for by the greater number of B and D allowances . |
| 3 | This more than made up for the Tramway Department 's loss of revenue resulting from the suspension of the service ! |
| 4 | In August Chapman signed his former half-back George Hampson from Northampton , and although his previous visit to Northampton had failed to secure Walden — he went to Tottenham in April for £1,750 — the developing form of Bainbridge at outside-right more than made up for the disappointment . |
| 5 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
| 6 | Unfortunately for them Palace injuries prevented the other two players from making any more than token contributions to our promotion hopes of the late 1920s and early 1930s , but Tom Crilly , a full-back by profession , more than made up for those disappointments . |
| 7 | The care and attention he received was first class throughout his stay and although he missed out on a family Christmas at home , the staff more than made up for it and he was showered with extra presents which helped to speed his recovery . |
| 8 | Objectively , Karen was prepared to go almost as far as her predecessor , and her eager greed more than made up for the thrill I used to get from subjecting dogged , cow-like Manuela to the same routines . |
| 9 | He lacked fire or animation but his wife more than made up for his apathy and weakness . |
| 10 | But , in spite of the Royal Navy , Jones , after a voyage to be described later , sailed safely back to France , where his reception more than made up for the much cooler one he had received after his ‘ Whitehaven ’ cruise 18 months before . |
| 11 | There had never been a great deal of money , but no one had ever gone hungry and the feelings of warmth and love between the members of the family had more than made up for the lack of luxuries . |
| 12 | Trading down helped the firm grab business from smaller operators and more than made up for falling sales of its classier Gainsborough furniture in the six months to end September . |
| 13 | The cost is more than made up for by the fact that virtually no man-hours are lost through strike action . |
| 14 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 15 | If Winterbottom had not played much hard rugby with Headingley , then he more than made up for it in those few short months . |
| 16 | The guards were ill-trained and fearful , with little combat experience , while what the rebels lacked in training and tactics was more than made up for in sheer ferocity and homicidal bloodlust . |
| 17 | Non-ruminants can not extract much energy from the hard parts of the plant ; however , this is more than made up for by the fact that food passes much more quickly through their guts . |
| 18 | The unpredictability of the man was more than made up for by the heady feeling of surrendering to life at its sweetest and most bright . |
| 19 | To her disappointment , she had not been able to find a Château La Tour Monchauzet vintage on the wine-list , but the half-bottle of Côtes de Bergerac that she chose instead more than made up for it . |
| 20 | As lovers they were not exactly vibrant , but their voices and Lehar 's music more than made up for that . |
| 21 | That 'll mean less business for the animal crematorium — but its owners say that 'll be more than made up for by the increasing number of people who are choosing to have their familly pets cremated . |
| 22 | Some spoilsports did n't turn up with a teddy , but others more than made up for them . |
| 23 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 24 | The expectation was that the losses sustained by the low cover price would be more than made up by the larger circulation and by advertising . |
| 25 | As state functions are taken over by private companies , even if made up of ex-civil servants , we will find them dropping out of the public records net . |
| 26 | If made up in the form of a roll : 1040mm for the length and twice the diameter combined , and 900mm for the greater dimension . |
| 27 | Instead of thinking of society as made up of simple parts , we must think of it as a collection of wholes which together make up one ‘ complex whole ’ . |
| 28 | Societies are thus seen as made up of three interconnected structures , each of which is seen as a mode of production , transforming raw materials into commodities . |
| 29 | Different symbol systems have different structures , but the commonalities between them allow each to be addressed as patterns of signifiers and signifieds , and discourses to be seen as made up of texts , as well as power relations . |
| 30 | A thing could be regarded as made up of parts in different ways , according to how we divide it mentally . |