make allowance
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
The New York Times's weekly index, which does make allowance for longtime upward trends, has been above 100 for several weeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
But that grave, earnest man there at the desk had never known the frivolities of youth, and hence had no idea how to make allowance for its errors.
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
