Example sentences of "[vb mod] be exchanged for " in BNC.

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1 Worth 10 ordinary roubles , the units could be exchanged for seven grams of gold .
2 The southern colonies , in the islands or on the American mainland , offered tobacco and other products that could be exchanged for English exports or help the London re-export trade , but the agricultural products of New England were similar enough to those of England to mean that there were not many openings for trade , and this meant that the differences caused by religion were not healed by close commercial relations .
3 The W V S and other voluntary services ran exchange centres where unwanted clothes , household utensils and small pieces of furniture were allocated a sliding scale of points which could be exchanged for other goods of equal value .
4 In 1975 the Government proposed a new tax on vouchers provided by an employer to his employees which could be exchanged for goods or services .
5 Hence , as has already been outlined in Chapters 2 and 3 , the paternalism of the local squire could be exchanged for the deference of local workers .
6 The Turkistan-Siberian ( or Turksib ) line was built between 1928 and 1931 so that the grain of Western Siberia could be exchanged for the cotton of Central Asia , releasing the Central Asian cotton-growers from the need for food production .
7 This would issue bonds free of charge to each citizen who had worked for at least five years , which could be exchanged for shares in any enterprise .
8 If the managers , or some of them , own shares in Target , these could be exchanged for Newco shares and , provided the conditions of s135 TCGA 1992 are satisfied , and clearance under s138 , to the effect that the transaction is bona fide commercial , is obtained , this should be treated as neither a disposal of the Target shares nor an acquisition of the consideration shares in Newco , so that a manager 's base cost in his Newco shares will equate to his base cost in the Target shares .
9 Prior to maturity they may be exchanged for shares of the subsidiary which , at the option of the bondholder , are either immediately redeemed or immediately exchanged for ordinary shares of the parent .
10 The central issues which require resolution are the criteria to be used to determine whether a capital instrument represents debt or equity and the treatment of instruments like convertible debt which will or may be exchanged for other instruments .
11 Noorda suggested that while it had yet to be decided , these companies ' shares in Unix Labs would be exchanged for Novell shares .
12 After a couple of years they would be exchanged for someone else of sufficiently high position .
13 In early December there was some speculation that Shaikh Obeid would be exchanged for Israeli navigator Ron Arad , the only missing Israeli serviceman believed to be alive .
14 In addition , outstanding Unix Labs stock options and other equity incentives will be exchanged for Novell stock , options or rights to acquire Novell shares .
15 It numbed the mind of one woman so much recently that she left her baby to suffocate inside her car while hoping to hit the jackpot , a bucketful of balls , which can be exchanged for jars of coffee or pairs of tights .
16 £1,500 worth of HTA National Garden Gift Tokens , which can be exchanged for plants and tools all over the country , can also be won .
17 The Air Miles that you collect can be exchanged for Holiday Vouchers that can be used to pay for all or part of your holiday .
18 When a bank note can be exchanged for gold on demand at a bank it is said to be convertible or redeemable .
19 They can be exchanged for tickets at all Leeds theatres , Leeds International Concert Season and Leeds Leisure Services music events .
20 Give the winners of the games a black spot which can be exchanged for a present or a can of coke .
21 They are always composed : 1 ) of a dissimilar thing that can be exchanged for the thing of which the value is to be determined ; and 2 ) of similar things that can be compared with the thing of which the value is to be determined .
22 Prior to the close of business on the redemption date , the debentures can be exchanged for common shares of Southern New England Telecommunications Corp at a rate of 8.358 shares for each $1,000 in principal , subject to Sprint 's right to pay cash equal to a five-day average of the closing price of Southern New England 's common shares .
23 Then all machine-dependent routines must be written as separate subroutines , with clear documentation , so that equivalent routines for another machine can be exchanged for them .
24 By then hundreds of customer-nominated staff , lucky enough to have won in a quarterly draw , will have been presented with Ovations cheques which can be exchanged for a wide range of goods in a special catalogue .
25 At the end of each level you 'll find a shop where coins can be exchanged for extra weapons and life .
26 The average Albanian wage is about £10 a month , worth 20 times that if it can be exchanged for blackmarket US dollars .
27 The voucher can be exchanged for a ticket to a rally of their choosing .
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