Example sentences of "in exchange for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The understanding reached between them and the catholic — nationalist lay leadership resulted in schooling in the future state being allocated to the domain of the church , in exchange for the legitimation of that state by the church leadership . |
| 2 | In 1928 , these schools entered the system of maintained schools , whereby , in exchange for full payment of current costs and 65 per cent of capital expenditure , the former owners and managers , usually churches , were allowed two-thirds representation on the local board of management , with the other third coming from the local authority . |
| 3 | For those who wish to buy their cars , Motability offers a finance scheme under which both new or used cars can be purchased in exchange for part of the mobility allowance . |
| 4 | in exchange for whistles |
| 5 | Venables continues to pursue Mark Wright , Derby County 's England defender , and is giving serious consideration to the swap proposed by Everton which would take Paul Stewart , Tottenham 's blunt instrument of a centre-forward , to Goodison Park in exchange for Tony Cottee . |
| 6 | If Prost wins , then he takes the title with him to Ferrari and , in exchange for the highly desirable numbers 1 and 2 the Italians will present 27 and 28 to McLaren , a particularly irksome detail for such a dominant team to accept . |
| 7 | Hoffman has sold a US company to Amersham in exchange for shares . |
| 8 | In exchange for $1,000 , each ‘ partner ’ was promised a three-night stay at the hotel every year for the rest of their lives . |
| 9 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — The Colombian government said it had rejected an offer last year from drug traffickers to give up the drug trade in exchange for not being extradited to the US , and firmly ruled out any dialogue with the traffickers . |
| 10 | It was constrained by a clause in financial arrangements agreed two years ago between all five research councils and the Government whereby in exchange for more flexibility in approving most research grants , they relinquished independence in sponsoring some key research . |
| 11 | The old man was delighted with the packet of cigarettes Sid had given him in exchange for the cider . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Thus the BSA attempted to extort over £20 million from the new government of Zambia in 1964 in exchange for its mineral rights , but was ultimately forced to accept £4 million . |
| 14 | After all , businesses can insure against the exchange rate risk on particular deals — for example , their exports to France — by accepting less sterling today in exchange for the known future quantity of francs . |
| 15 | Once incorporated into Stalin 's Soviet bloc , the economy was reorientated to rely on its own resources as much as possible , while exporting heavy machinery to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in exchange for raw materials . |
| 16 | And as for women in their 30s and 40s , Time claims they feel the feminist movement betrayed them by failing to warn them about the sacrifices women had to make in exchange for equality and by pursuing the wrong goals — pushing more strongly for the equal rights amendment than for child care or flexible working hours . |
| 17 | Midland estimates that it will be able to trade its debt for equity stakes at between 30 per cent and 40 per cent of the face value of the loans — getting equity stakes valued between $30million and $40million in exchange for an existing $100million loan . |
| 18 | The five-country meeting at San Jose has assumed a critical atmosphere because of the possible breakdown of last August 's Tela accord , which agreed contra demobilisation in exchange for democratic Nicaraguan elections . |
| 19 | VOLVO is taking a £2.4billion stake in the Swedish state-controlled industrial conglomerate , Procordia , in exchange for the motor giant 's Provendor food division and a 29 per cent holding in the Pharmacia drugs company . |
| 20 | Germany and France did a deal to accelerate the process by which these will come about , in exchange for France supporting West Germany 's drive towards re-unification with East Germany . |
| 21 | US prosecutors and lawyers for Imelda Marcos , widow of the late Philippines president , have discussed a possible deal for her to plead guilty and make a full disclosure in a racketeering case in exchange for a suspended sentence , Manila 's chief government lawyer said yesterday . |
| 22 | A Swapo representative , Mr Harmut Ruppel , announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to this , but acknowledged that this was in exchange for an executive president . |
| 23 | The Quebec clause , giving Britain a veto over an American use of the atomic bomb against third parties , was dropped in exchange for the release of Britain from the clause restricting her commercial exploitation of atomic energy . |
| 24 | The Palestine Liberation Organisation , until its recent flirtation with Saddamery , had seemed genuinely willing to make peace with Israel in exchange for a Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 25 | ‘ … free People today announced what they are demanding in exchange for the release of Liam Shakespeare . |
| 26 | in exchange for — what ? |
| 27 | This was one about the three crooks from London who dressed up in African tribal costumes and tricked jewellers into parting with gear worth £250,000 in exchange for boxes containing carrots and potatoes . |
| 28 | They have devious ways of making money from bereaved people 's misery , whether by knocking on the door after a death , offering to clear the house for cash , including any objects of value ; or by offering solace in exchange for cash or fees . |
| 29 | In a similar way , in the second century BC , some cities of Asia Minor made coins ( e.g. , fig. 6 ) of a weight standard which was heavier than that in force in the kingdom of Asia ; it is no surprise that these coins all turn up in hoards outside Asia , mostly in northern Syria , where they were exported either as a political subsidy for the pretender Alexander Balas or as trade objects in exchange for goods , perhaps slaves . |
| 30 | Hakim , left behind in Frankfurt in October to arrange some sort of deal , ended up with a promise of 1 ½ ( sic ) hostages in exchange for 1,500 TOWs and pressure for the release of 17 terrorists held in Kuwait . |