making allowance for
Example Sentences
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The sidewalks were dangerous for pedestrians as the start approached, as Amsterdam’s notorious bicyclists raced to their appointed viewing sites, rarely making allowance for the fact that the sidewalks could not handle the crowds.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2010
But he said that the Air Force had been making allowance for that.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Tito has one of the biggest standing armies in Europe, even after making allowance for the fact that his announced troop figures are inflated.
From Time Magazine Archive
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By last week�even making allowance for Stalinist hyperbole�this vast region, as big as European Russia, was experiencing an industrial and agricultural boom.
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In making allowance for these differences, the various individuals are commonly compared with a man at moderately active muscular work, who is taken as unity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various