Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only six per cent would give up their priceless pets in exchange for £1 million . |
| 2 | But how do those western women feel , for example , who having lived with their Indian husbands in Britain for years , are suddenly thrust into the bosom of the joint family , even temporarily . |
| 3 | During the election campaign in September , the PPP had objected to government measures such as a grant of Rs6,000,000 ( US$276,250 ) to each of the IDA candidates in Punjab for development and welfare work in their constituencies . |
| 4 | Thus , its ability to transport H + into these vesicles in exchange for K + is normally limited by the availability of intravesicular K + . |
| 5 | Altogether , says Mr De Benedetti , between 1988 and 1991 Olivetti paid just over 10 billion lire to Italy 's political parties in exchange for ministry contracts worth about 500 billion lire . |
| 6 | King Hussein and representatives of the country 's main political movements endorsed a national charter on June 9 lifting the ban on political parties in return for allegiance to the monarchy . |
| 7 | Their original function was to finance trade between the UK and their country of origin , to borrow funds in London for use by their governments and later to find profitable outlets for their home countries ' surpluses . |
| 8 | He despised these army men , in particular those who had lost their units in exchange for secondment to MVD camp detachments . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , Lola could not deliver the cars in time for Indianapolis and Mr Rahal failed to qualify for the race . |
| 10 | There are huge opportunities in tubes for dentrifice and cosmetics . |
| 11 | It might be thought that in a reign which saw bitter struggles between king and nobles the church , if astutely led , could gain some significant concessions in exchange for support carefully distributed . |
| 12 | The significance of the crisis remains obscure , however , and the extent to which the nobility aligned themselves with the commons in seeking concessions in return for grants of taxation is especially difficult to assess . |
| 13 | The commons had shown themselves increasingly adept at procuring political concessions in return for grants of taxes , and although they were at their most effective when they enjoyed the support of at least some sections of the nobility , they had gained substantially in experience and cohesion by the time the crisis of 1340–1 arose . |
| 14 | The completion of this work would increase the convenience of searching the General Catalogue for researchers and save them valuable time , and it would also create savings in time for Library staff . |
| 15 | Marshes also provide life-saving cover for female crabs that have shed their shells in preparation for mating . |
| 16 | Laura Strutt , 76 , was to have spent 10 weeks in schools in Nepal for Action Aid . |
| 17 | Laura Strutt , 76 , was to have spent 10 weeks in schools in Nepal for Action Aid . |
| 18 | Temporary classrooms are being built at two schools in Stroud for children who at the moment do n't have a school . |
| 19 | BECAUSE the Labour Party does not know how to cope with popular demands in Scotland for devolution or independence , it wanted to dilute the trouble by spreading it over the whole United Kingdom , creating ‘ regional ’ authorities even in England , where there is no popular demand for them whatever . |
| 20 | She gave much of her own time to helping those encountering problems with their studies through individual tuition at her home , frequently during the summer months in preparation for autumn courses . |
| 21 | As a result of the 1932 hunger march Hannington served another three months in prison for offences against the 1931 Incitement to Disaffection Act . |
| 22 | On Dec. 19 Gabriele Gast , a former deputy head of the BND 's Soviet department , was sentenced by a Munich court to six years and nine months in prison for espionage on behalf of the former East German security service ( Stasi ) . |
| 23 | On Sept. 27 former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry was resentenced to six months in prison for cocaine possession [ see p. 38330 ] , but would remain at liberty until federal authorities decided which penitentiary he should be sent to . |
| 24 | After a few months in jail for manslaughter , Tepilit could be released : the war effort encouraged flexibility . |
| 25 | Unmanageable commitment implied accounts three months in arrears for fuel , telephone and mortgage payments , and maybe cars and furniture were seized . |
| 26 | The judge commented on the fact that Russell had spent ten months in remand for crimes he had not committed . |
| 27 | Arriving as ostentatiously as you 'd expect from the seriously wealthy , business angels pump money into private companies in return for shares . |
| 28 | Malloch bases his case mainly on three pieces of evidence : 1 ) metronome markings by Carl Czerny for Haydn 's Salomon Symphonies as arranged for piano ( ca. 1845 ) , and for twelve of Mozart 's early symphonies ( 1847 ) and his last six symphonies arranged for four-hand piano ( 1835 ) ; [ 2 ) ] metronome markings by Hummel for Mozart 's last six symphonies in arrangements for flute , violin , cello and piano ( 1823–24 ) and for piano solo ( n.d. ) ; and 3 ) mechanical clocks built by Joseph Niemecz , for which Haydn wrote a number of pieces , among them several minuet-like movements . |
| 29 | Two methods used by the smuggling firms are bribing local officials to allow them to dump waste in landfills and offering to build ( often low-quality ) incineration and energy-producing plants in destination countries in exchange for permission to burn their toxic waste there . |
| 30 | It treats with scepticism the timber industry 's claims that developing countries receive valuable foreign earnings from their timber exports , and points out that European governments receive far more in taxes from the sale of tropical timber products than is given to developing countries in aid for forestry projects . |