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
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
But he said that the Air Force had been making allowance for that.
From Time Magazine Archive
They felt that he was fighting their battle and doing their work; and, making allowance for local jealousies and accidental partialities, they never ceased to regard him thus.
From Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold
This assertion we afterwards found, making allowance for a little exaggeration, to be quite correct.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Frank Marryat
