Example sentences of "[prep] behalf of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concern is expressed on behalf of defendants in custody because they may ultimately be acquitted or given non-custodial sentences , and on behalf of defendants on bail because of the uncertainty and unpleasantness of a pending criminal trial . |
| 2 | The concern is expressed on behalf of defendants in custody because they may ultimately be acquitted or given non-custodial sentences , and on behalf of defendants on bail because of the uncertainty and unpleasantness of a pending criminal trial . |
| 3 | But there are companies who advertise in Yellow Pages that they will do investigations on behalf of employers of future employees . |
| 4 | Investment services : Many banks are willing to buy and sell shares on behalf of customers on local and international stock exchanges . |
| 5 | Last but by no means least , the Human Rights Sub-Committee under the chairmanship of has done an enormous amount of work on behalf of lawyers in countries where the rule of law remains somewhere over the rainbow . |
| 6 | The " Hallelujah lasses " had been used to raising their own voices in protest and employing some fairly dramatic methods to attract attention from the time Catherine Booth took up the cudgels on behalf of women in the early days of the movement . |
| 7 | Belfast Zoo was honoured to have a visit in August from Dr Jane Goodall , world-renowned zoologist and tireless campaigner on behalf of chimpanzees in the wild and in captivity . |
| 8 | He appeared to speak on behalf of others in his platoon , young men who had just left boyhood behind , as they crouched hunched over cleaning rags and oil , stripping down their SA-80 rifles and machine guns in the cramped confines of their bunk room . |
| 9 | After the Mass he was presented with a cheque and gifts on behalf of parishioners by Mr Bill Noblett , chairman of the parish council . |
| 10 | They announced a 10% concessionary tax rate to approved art and antique dealers on income derived from transactions on behalf of non-residents with approved auction houses . |
| 11 | On behalf of pedestrians in general , may I say how much the Bill will be greatly welcomed in all parts of the country ? |
| 12 | The liquidators had interviewed many people to find out whether or not civil claims could be brought on behalf of investors against two of the Barlow Clowes companies , in particular Barlow Clowes International Ltd based in Gibraltar and Barlow Clowes Gilt Managers Ltd . |
| 13 | Best Western also opened a Trust account for packages operated on behalf of members of the independent hotels ' consortium . |
| 14 | Sir Hilary " Hal " Miller , a senior Conservative MP , told the House that he had acted on behalf of WS during the past few years , and had warned the DTI , the Defence Ministry and an unidentified " third agency " on a number of occasions about suspicious Iraqi orders . |
| 15 | Similarly , if a firm 's name keeps on appearing on behalf of plaintiffs against major local factories , you can be fairly sure that they are retained on behalf of a union . |
| 16 | According to the charge , they sold almost two million shares on behalf of clients at prices which realised £1,378,892 in excess of what would have been obtained had the shares been sold after the issuing of the profits warning . |
| 17 | They are said to have sold almost two million shares on behalf of clients at prices which realised £1,378,892 in excess of what would have been obtained had the shares been sold after the warning . |
| 18 | Until 1986 Stock Exchange participants were either brokers , who acted on behalf of clients in buying and selling securities , or jobbers , who held stocks and shares and dealt with brokers as the market required , and acted rather like wholesalers of securities . |
| 19 | Prior to the reform , dealing in government securities had taken place on the floor of the London Stock Exchange between brokers ( acting on behalf of clients in an agency capacity ) and jobbers ( acting on their own behalf as principals ) . |
| 20 | Under the Government 's fund-holding initiative , doctors have control over their own spending on behalf of patients for the first time . |
| 21 | Dan Jones , Head of Campaigns , replied on behalf of guests with poems of liberty which had been smuggled from the jails and prison camps of the world . |
| 22 | But unsatisfactory in what respect : as representatives of a body established to negotiate on behalf of employees with management acting on behalf of owners ; or as representatives of the union but charged , along with representatives of the owners , with the corporate responsibility for the performance of the enterprise ? |
| 23 | There are some reliefs where costs can not be estimated for example on capital gains and inheritance tax lifetime transfer but both direct taxes and value added tax relief drew in some nine hundred and thirty million pounds on behalf of charities in the nineteen ninety two ninety three financial year . |
| 24 | I believe we should support responsible organisations campaigning on behalf of animals for two reasons : |
| 25 | This requires that each major service area within hospitals has a designated chief who can negotiate on behalf of colleagues with the hospital manager . |
| 26 | To inform teachers and academics of the work of Amnesty International and in particular to encourage them to campaign on behalf of colleagues around the world who are victims of human rights abuses . |
| 27 | Back in the mid-1970s , Philip Rowntree gave me the funds to establish the Low Pay Unit ( LPU ) to campaign on behalf of workers in Wage Council industries . |
| 28 | both emphasise the need for curricular adaptation on behalf of children with special educational needs ; |
| 29 | With seventy five years of working with children under our belt and with our many achievements on behalf of children with pioneering schemes , we have the experience and the expertise to achieve real and lasting change . |
| 30 | For Nightingale , self-giving and service provided the key to spiritual growth , while Butler couched her appeal on behalf of prostitutes as a call to the justice and equality announced by Christ . |