make allowance for
Example Sentences
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"The welfare of the men is a priority, they will need time and support, and we hope and trust our media and community will make allowance for this."
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024
Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — described last week in my Zippy Shell column — failed to make allowance for human nature.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2020
Hutton believes, plausibly enough, that popular notions of fairness do make allowance for luck.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010
To make allowance for such inequities, Congress included so many exemptions and exceptions that no two accountants can agree on a company's EPT bill.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Thank you, mother," rejoined the sweet girl, "Colonel Lunettes will make allowance for your natural partiality."
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry
