Example sentences of "[verb] in return [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ISS agreed to provide in return the skill of planning the menus , ordering and preparing the food and , above all , the recruitment and training of the work-force employed in the canteens . |
| 2 | When the bookseller Martyn Goff wrote to Minton after buying one of his paintings , he received in return an invitation to visit . |
| 3 | Unionist reactions to these proposals , published and embodied in the Representation of the People Bill early in 1917 , were very hostile indeed ; it seemed a reckless step to give the biggest ever increase in the franchise in the midst of a major war , to throw away some of the plural votes on which the party had relied , and to receive in return a redistribution that could bring almost anything . |
| 4 | Miss Fergusson thanked him , and offered in return a small parcel of sugar , which was gravely accepted . |
| 5 | In that , they became a valuable ally of the BEA , enjoying in return an increasing influence over the latter on matters where presentational concessions could smooth the industry 's political path . |
| 6 | She was forced to concede , accepting in return an additional indemnity of 30 million taels , which China could ill afford to pay . |
| 7 | By issuing shares , a company obviously receives a financial benefit , for which the shareholder obtains in return an interest and a marketable asset . |
| 8 | As early as 994 Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury was forced to borrow £115 from Bishop Æscwig of Dorchester to prevent the raiders burning his cathedral to the ground , giving in return an estate in Buckinghamshire . |
| 9 | Poole offered in return the benevolent strength and practicality which Coleridge was soon to value so greatly . |
| 10 | ‘ He had a remarkable life , ’ the chaplain began , rather wistfully , and Hope saw in return an over-thin , rather knobble-nosed , receding , flat black-haired though still youngish man hypnotised by Fame and Glory . |
| 11 | A third question , which would have to be solved , is whether regulatory bodies , such as the Securities and Investments Board , the Bank of England and the Department of Trade and Industry , would be deterred from providing confidential documents and reports without receiving in return a guarantee that they would not be publicly disclosed . |
| 12 | As Melissa dropped a coin into the hat , receiving in return a courtly bow and a murmured , ‘ Muchas gracias , Señora ’ , a nearby clock struck eleven . |
| 13 | But the sellers were not normally asking the maximum wage which the traffic would bear and offering in return the minimum quantity of labour they could get away with . |