Example sentences of "in [noun sg] for its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tsunami , the long-awaited low-cost/high-volume Sparc chip , has been officially re-christened MicroSparc in preparation for its debut Friday October 9 . |
| 2 | Commercial Union is reviewing its 3rd Age Initiative account , thought to be worth £2m , in preparation for its consumer launch into the grey market , later this year . |
| 3 | The charges included his acceptance of a commission following the completion of SOMISA 's purchase , at well above market prices , of new offices which were then lavishly decorated at a time when the state company 's workforce was being dramatically reduced in preparation for its privatization in 1992 [ see p. 38527 ] . |
| 4 | Britain succeeded in creating a Commonwealth ‘ special relationship ’ in civil aviation after 1945 which compensated in part for its inability to obtain international approval for a more regulated global system . |
| 5 | ‘ PC Allen ’ is steamed up at Page 's Park shed in readiness for its return to passenger service on June 20 . |
| 6 | I am now writing a history of the company in readiness for its centenary in 1999 . |
| 7 | If in any given case the land in dispute is unbuilt land and the squatter is aware that the owner , while having no present use for it , has a purpose in mind for its use in the future , the court is likely to require very clear evidence before it can be satisfied that the squatter who claims a possessory title has not only established factual possession of the land , but also the requisite intention to exclude the world at large , including the owner with the paper title , so far as is reasonably practicable and so far as the processes of the law will allow . |
| 8 | In March 1952 Soviet statesmen suggested a unification of Germany in exchange for its non-participation in coalitions or alliances directed against any of the former wartime allies and in 1954 Molotov more clearly presented the idea of neutralising Germany . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In addition , since trade with the Soviet Union is intended to be bilaterally balanced , it has been necessary to find some Yugoslav products to supply to the Soviet Union in return for its petroleum and other raw materials . |
| 11 | But the commission demanded deep cuts in capacity in return for its support . |
| 12 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 13 | In return for its scent , the plant is rewarded with pollination , while the bee gains nectar . |
| 14 | This in effect constitutes a plea bargain because the court is tacitly prepared to impose a modest sentence in return for its time , energy , and resources not being devoted to the expensive business of proving corporate guilt . |
| 15 | The Bloc Québecois was formed as a result of the increase in nationalist sentiment within the predominantly French-speaking province , following the collapse in June 1990 of the Meech Lake Accord , the constitutional amendment which had sought to induce Quebec to sign the 1982 federal Constitution in return for its recognition of the province as a " distinct society " . |
| 16 | SCO , which got its Unix System V.3.2 licence relatively cheaply , is apparently trying to win concessions from Unix System Labs Inc in return for its endorsement of SVR4 , having behind it the leverage of its Unix-on-Intel base that would give USL a commanding share of the overall market . |
| 17 | Thus Hannah ( 1982 : 46–7 ) cites the case of government relaxations in the investment controls on the British electricity authority in 1951 in return for its silence on the policy of cutting rural electrification . |
| 18 | ‘ Cyprus ’ is synonymous with — copper ’ , and the island was celebrated in antiquity for its mines . |
| 19 | They praised ‘ the progress of our industry , the multiplicity of modern factories in Catalonia , the growth of agriculture , and the increase in demand for its products ’ . |
| 20 | The plant , which has a workforce of 356 , went on a four-day week in November following a downturn in demand for its joinery products caused by the recession . |
| 21 | Two hundred new jobs are to be created at a bakery to meet a big increase in demand for its cakes and confectionery . |
| 22 | I enjoyed the A flat Polonaise most in the Chopin group because in respect for its maestoso marking he does not rush . |
| 23 | The BBC never had to fit audiences to advertisers , but from 1955 it was in competition for its audiences with ITV . |
| 24 | The raft drifted very slowly , making no disturbance , and there through the mirror-smooth surface I saw a giant pike , lying in wait for its prey like a lurking U-boat . |
| 25 | RIGHT : After standing empty for many years , plans are in hand for its conversion to dwellings . |
| 26 | Benefits for Israel , in gratitude for its restraint , have been quick in coming . |
| 27 | The most obvious clue to its presence is its movement , so in order for its camouflage to work it must be prepared to remain very still for long periods of time , or at least to alter its position very slowly and gently . |
| 28 | I wish to produce the brochure in time for its issue to have maximum circulation and impact to ensure a successful centenary . |
| 29 | Among names that immediately spring to mind are those of Sydney Schanberg , the former New York Times correspondent who was in Phnom Penh at the time of the fall , and whose subsequent search for his Cambodian assistant , Dith Pran , was documented in Roland Joffé 's film The Killing Fields , who arrived in Indo- China at the age of 21 and was there from 1970 to mid-1975 , first with Agence France Presse , then as a stringer for The Sunday Times — when all the other journalists were getting out , Swain was either brave or foolhardy enough to fly back into Phnom Penh in time for its fall ; William Shawcross who , along with many others , covered the Vietnam war for The Sunday Times and who subsequently became obsessed with the fate of Cambodia , an obsession that resulted first in Sideshow , which exposed the role of Nixon and Kissinger , and then in The Quality of Mercy , a study of the work of the Red Cross in Cambodia ; John Pilger , the British-based Australian journalist whose work on Cambodia may have had little concrete effect but has at least helped to ensure that the tragic country will never disappear into oblivion ; Philip Caputo , who went initially to Vietnam in March 1965 as a 23-year-old Marine officer with the first US combat group sent to Indo-China and returned in 1975 as a correspondent to report on what was left of the war . |
| 30 | The shake up includes ADAS in time for its launch as an executive agency next April . |