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
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
By last week�even making allowance for Stalinist hyperbole�this vast region, as big as European Russia, was experiencing an industrial and agricultural boom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The apparent altitude is that which is obtained immediately from observation; the true altitude, that which results from correcting the apparent altitude, by making allowance for parallax, refraction, &c.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
