Example sentences of "[adj] in [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One argument has been that the Government 's housing programme was introduced to buy industrial and social peace ; it could do this in exchange for really very little , except expense — and when the Treasury found it too costly , the scheme was jettisoned . |
| 2 | He was allowed this in return for taking detention , which usually involved sitting in an empty classroom with Mafouz and the Husayn twins . |
| 3 | They have been doing this in Suffolk for almost 110 years , comforting the sick and lonely , and relieving the worries of the anxious and elderly . |
| 4 | Robert wondered how this particular breakaway section of a breakaway section of the Nizari Ismailis had managed to carry on like this in Wimbledon for the last seventy years . |
| 5 | ‘ Can I study this in depth for a few hours ? ’ |
| 6 | He may start sitting like this in preparation for moving into the supine lying position ( on his back ) or , more rarely , into the prone lying position on his stomach . |
| 7 | see if I can get this in focus for you . |
| 8 | I bear this in mind for my next visit and reflect that I am already learning and making mental notes about this hitherto unfished — by me at any rate — stretch of river . |
| 9 | Hindess ( 1971 ) analysed this in detail for the case of Liverpool , and although the detailed studies of other areas which might support a definite generalisation were not carried out , it seems plausible that a parallel evolution was taking place in other city Labour parties . |
| 10 | A gentle and benevolent bird fabled in Russia for its habit of appearing when mortals need its help . |
| 11 | Whilst the evident unpopularity of Soviet domination in Eastern Europe may be thought to make such forces reliable in wartime for garrison and rear duties only , fact is that these military forces are trained and equipped for a war with NATO , according to an offensive doctrine of ‘ coalition warfare ’ , designed to place them from the start of hostilities onto an ‘ external front ’ . |
| 12 | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the number of male and female unemployed in Wales for 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 and to the present date . |
| 13 | ‘ This practice is misguided ’ , they said , ‘ the Alkali Inspectorate ( now HM Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate ) is legally responsible for controlling emissions from registered works and it is wrong in principle for local authorities to attempt to assume authority by use of planning laws ’ . |
| 14 | POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN LABOUR 'S / SHADOW CABINET ELECTIONS WITH SCOTS / HIGH IN RACE FOR PLACES |
| 15 | The country 's draft National Forestry Action Plan , drawn up with the help of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation , concluded that if Indonesia was to be self-sufficient in wood for its burgeoning paper industry , new pulpwood plantations would have to be developed . |
| 16 | Shale extraction could make the United States self-sufficient in oil for the foreseeable future , thus eliminating dependence on foreign supplies , which has increasingly worried the Pentagon . |
| 17 | The book normally costs £12 but is free in return for three cork seals from bottles of August Sebastiani wine , available from Tesco , Asda , Gateway and Davisons Wine Merchants . |
| 18 | Pakistan-based mujaheddin released a Soviet prisoner of war in Islamabad on Aug. 12 in exchange for 25 guerrillas imprisoned by the Afghan government [ see also p. 37355 ] . |
| 19 | Like the Bank of England and the great chartered companies , the London Assurance Company and the Royal Exchange Assurance Company received their monopoly status in 1720 in return for lending considerable sums to the government . |
| 20 | In the interests of détente , because of our belief in the value of friendly relations where possible , our government agreed to return this criminal to the British in exchange for a Soviet citizen falsely accused in London . |
| 21 | The work was never made quite as planned , but several aspects of it occur in the ballet he made in Israel many years later , and some in works for Sadler 's Wells in the fifties . |
| 22 | When the colony ran short of horses , the manager of the Economic Section of Rabkrin offered to lend some in exchange for wheels and wheat . |
| 23 | Some had lost faith in their marriage , some in hope for promotion , some on discovering that they would never have a child . |
| 24 | In July 1583 he escaped to St Andrews , and set about destroying his tormentors or pardoning some in return for abject submission . |
| 25 | Player A's strategy is linear in z for both the finite and the infinite horizon models . |
| 26 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 27 | You know you 've not been interested in sex for years . ’ |
| 28 | And as far as this freedom for schools , I am rather more interested in freedom for parents , and things like open enrolments seem to me to be more akin to how far the au pair can drive the Volvo in twenty minutes than any real choice for parents . |
| 29 | For instance , a manufacturer of fitted furniture may be interested in trends for housebuilding starts , mortgage interest rates , house price movements and localised levels of employment , since these factors will have an impact on sales of its products . |
| 30 | Furthermore , he believes that business and technical managers are polarised in their views — the former see systems engineers as simply interested in technology for technology 's sake , adopting a piecemeal approach to business rather than building systems that will lead to enhanced company profits . |