Example sentences of "[prep] behalf [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 While accepting that if national productivity increased at the then current rate and priority in the allocation of social expenditure was given to the elderly , the current pension-policies could be maintained , the Philips Committee stressed the magnitude of the commitments being entered into on behalf of future generations of taxpayers .
2 The PFA appealed on behalf of injured players to the courts under the terms of the Workmen 's Compensation Act of 1906 .
3 Syria , Algeria and Japan all tried to achieve outright peace , and Sudan tried to intercede on behalf of Egyptian prisoners of war in Iran as a special ‘ one-off ’ case .
4 For what it often meant was a claim to full citizenship on behalf of skilled workers as a whole ; and it was located in a strong sense of class pride .
5 The banking reforms would end " pass through " coverage , which had allowed banks to raise large sums from institutional investors on a fully insured basis , and would eliminate brokered insured deposits , which had allowed brokers to deposit funds of up to $100,000 on behalf of wealthy clients in a variety of banks to be used for secured investment at no personal risk .
6 2.36 Claims on behalf of dependent children for the death of their parent will usually be assessed with surviving parent 's claim but there can be occasions where separate assessments of the child 's claim is desirable .
7 I understand you acted on behalf of local residents in the old docklands area of Cardiff and secured protective clauses for them in the Act of Parliament which now permits the Cardiff Bay Barrage to be built .
8 The weekly news magazine Panorama published early in February what purported to be the text of a letter written in February 1943 by the then leader of the Italian Communist Party ( PCI ) , Palmiro Togliatti , in which he refused to intercede with Stalin on behalf of Italian prisoners of war .
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