Sentence examples similar to a compensation for something from inspiring English sources

"It seems Apple is just trying one more ploy to get compensation for something," said Dwight Davis, editor of Windows Watcher, a newsletter that focuses on Microsoft.

If you have ever received compensation for something you did not earn or deserve, you may have felt happy for the money.

It may be a compensation for my lack of height.

Is Republican zeal a compensation for their guilt?

On this side of the Atlantic, where companies that used asbestos are facing a new round of lawsuits, the result was greeted as a defeat for something we call "compensation culture".

"At the end of last year we let our customers down and although we already had a compensation scheme for delays, we promised all our season ticket holders something extra for the hassle we'd caused," a spokesman said.

Take a candidate for something.

Have a knack for something.

This is particularly true of private equity fund managers, the multi-millionaires who pay a 15percentt federal tax rate on compensation for their services (something they call "carried interest") rather than the higher tax rate that normally applies to someone at their income level.

A deep yearning for something.

A compensation scheme for destroyed homes has brought new corruption.