Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] in [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the unreasonableness produces voidness that means that so far as the law is concerned the clause has never existed : it may well then be possible to claim in tort for the restitution of money or goods although no specific action can be brought on the basis of the contractual force of the clause . |
| 2 | The expulsion , due to remain in force for six years , followed weeks of bitter political in-fighting during which Singh and his supporters were accused of having made unauthorized contacts with sections of Congress ( I ) . |
| 3 | Told me that one youth was in custody and another due to appear in court for the break-ins . |
| 4 | John Major , the British prime minister , created a political storm recently when he seemed in a speech to be supporting the idea of workfare — requiring the unemployed to work in exchange for benefits . |
| 5 | Retention of street frontages is a trade-off developers have been willing to accept in return for planning permission . |
| 6 | B may be willing to cooperate in return for an inducement offered by A . |
| 7 | I 'm quite free to stay in Perugia for the rest of my life , as an investigating magistrate . |
| 8 | The fact that the Fund was only too willing to lend in return for a written undertaking that domestic economic policy would follow the lines agreed in negotiations between Treasury officials and the Fund investigators in the autumn of 1976 , involved what many Labour activists saw as a loss of governing powers to an external force that was anti-socialist . |
| 9 | Equally it is impossible to prescribe in advance for all factual contingencies . |
| 10 | But this is a flexible and convenient resort where it 's easy to dabble in windsurfing for a day or two , and easy to choose between local culture , local sailing , or long day cruises . |
| 11 | This distinction may be relatively easy to make in memory for situations encountered when driving . |
| 12 | The sale of a business as a going concern does not attract VAT but certain undertakings as to the keeping of records are required and it is normal to apply in advance for confirmation of the exemption . |
| 13 | In 1960 the pattern which had emerged seemed likely to remain in force for some time to come , with the EEC countries preferring a maximum of integration and the remainder opting for a minimal level of intergovernmental association . |
| 14 | Accordingly , futures contracts will not be investments of the same kind as debt securities or even contracts for differences , although SFA may perhaps agree that they are of the same kind as contracts for differences for this purpose ; in practice , however , any dealer who normally deals in futures contracts is usually likely to deal in contracts for differences in any event . |
| 15 | Any sign of infestation calls for inspection and treatment by a reputable and approved wood treatment company , one that is likely to stay in existence for as long as its guarantee period . |
| 16 | Alf Morris , a Labour MP in the last parliament , estimates that about four million disabled people are unable to vote in person for these reasons ( more if some of the million-plus full-time carers are included ) . |
| 17 | I usually find , though , that I have done so much walking and sightseeing during the day that , by the time I have had a meal and a bath , I am quite happy to read in bed for an hour and then go to sleep . |
| 18 | He was accompanied by the track doctor , who was unable to return in time for Exeter to complete the meeting by their 10pm curfew . |
| 19 | All the fashions shown on the night will be available to order in time for the spring and summer social season . |
| 20 | In the United States the President is elected every four years and , according to the constitution since President Eisenhower , no president is constitutionally eligible to remain in office for more than two successive four-year terms . |
| 21 | The adoption of regular reviews for residents , requiring the continuing involvement of a social worker is gradually being implemented , but is slow to come in Homes for elderly people . |
| 22 | However , the techniques are still difficult to use in practice for arbitrary initial data . |
| 23 | As well as establishing reduced overall catch quotas for 1991 ( 93,570 tonnes for cod , 40,500 for haddock ) , they agreed that fishing boats over 100 tonnes in the North Sea and also along the west coast of Scotland , more than 40 per cent of whose catch consisted of cod and haddock , should be obliged to remain in port for eight consecutive days each month from Feb. 1 to Dec. 31 , 1991 . |
| 24 | As to what Parliament so prescribes , one must look to the Act delegating the power to legislate in order to discover what conditions it is necessary to fulfil in order for the instrument in question to acquire validity . |
| 25 | Reynes was an acquaintance of the diarist Samuel Pepys , who referred to him as ‘ a willing man , ready to co-operate in plans for the Navy ’ , and ‘ one who understands and loves a play as well as I , and I love him for it ’ . |