Example sentences of "[prep] exchange for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Also participating are the money dealing departments of commercial and eligible banks and Accepting Houses ; the latter accept bills of exchange for a fee . |
2 | Near the foot of the Chilterns , Aylesbury was the natural point of exchange for the two regions of Buckinghamshire . |
3 | Trading results of overseas subsidiaries are translated into Irish pounds at the average rates of exchange for the year . |
4 | This first and second method of raising bills of exchange is used where the exporter wishes to raise two bills of exchange for the same debt — this has uses if payment is refused on the first bill or indeed if one bill is lost in the post . |
5 | This implies that for any investment asset the marginal rate of exchange between the expected return and the risk ( standard deviation ) of that asset must be equal to the marginal rate of exchange for the market as a whole . |
6 | Further , as Norman Ginsburg in Class , Capital and Social Policy ( Macmillan : 1979 ) suggests , the role of land law is primarily " to facilitate the process of realisation of surplus value for the builder and the process of exchange for the consumer " ( p. 129 ) . |
7 | US prosecutors and lawyers for Imelda Marcos , widow of the late Philippines president , have discussed a possible deal for her to plead guilty and make a full disclosure in a racketeering case in exchange for a suspended sentence , Manila 's chief government lawyer said yesterday . |
8 | The Palestine Liberation Organisation , until its recent flirtation with Saddamery , had seemed genuinely willing to make peace with Israel in exchange for a Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza . |
9 | Mr Edwin Nathan has left his post as head of French operations after telling a French newspaper that in exchange for a high price for Imigran — £32 for a month 's supply in Britain — Glaxo would build a £100 million factory in France . |
10 | ‘ In my experience , ’ Surtees observed , ‘ these same young girls are only too ready to confer their favours on you , in exchange for a hot supper and an evening at the music hall ! ’ |
11 | When the card is full , it is handed in to the station in exchange for a new one ; the old card is kept for reference . |
12 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
13 | The result , in terms of the content of the agreement which was reached , was victory : in exchange for a couple of minor concessions , Irwin got everything he wanted . |
14 | It was but a poor trophy for the day — a flag in exchange for a Regent , and Balliol still at large . |
15 | Undertake the management and maintenance of the development in exchange for a covenant from each member to pay an annual service charge . |
16 | He is thought to have agreed to quit without a fuss in exchange for a year 's salary . |
17 | Actresses are also creeping on to the catwalk , offering their services in exchange for a couple of outfits . |
18 | In the interests of détente , because of our belief in the value of friendly relations where possible , our government agreed to return this criminal to the British in exchange for a Soviet citizen falsely accused in London . |
19 | Recently , the society offered to give its building to New York City in exchange for a revision of status entitling it to city-provided operating funds . |
20 | Over the next five years San Jose will present a series of eighteen-month long exhibitions of works from the Whitney 's permanent collection , in exchange for a fee of $3 million — a high price for an art rental , but a fraction of what acquiring significant works costs these days . |
21 | At the second check , at the end of the wire tunnel , his name was searched for again , and he had to hand in his H area card in exchange for a temporary pass , and a phone call was made ahead . |
22 | If the use of human subjects could promote dramatic advances in research into hazardous surgery , such as liver transplantation , or the search for drugs to reverse Alzheimer 's disease , angina , or AIDS , but with possibly lethal side effects , why should we not offer long-term criminals the choice of undergoing such tests in exchange for a commutation of their sentence if they survive ? |
23 | Most of the really useful people , those who keep organizations alive , are average performers doing a good day 's work in exchange for a fair reward . |
24 | Miles are walked in exchange for a feeling of perpetual defeat . |
25 | ‘ Names ’ at Lloyds , who have to demonstrate that they have considerable capital assets , stand surety for Lloyds ' guarantees in insurance claims , in exchange for a share of the profits of the insurance syndicates , were recently badly hit by some of the biggest losses experienced at Lloyds . |
26 | Japanese barter the restoration of Urbino 's walls in exchange for a Raphael exhibition |
27 | She did not believe that the wicked could be caught by ten-year-old children and returned to the police station in exchange for a pony , any more than she believed that constant hot water would make young mothers smile constantly with relief and proud love . |
28 | Although the prison is euphemistically called a rehabilitation centre , the women staff workers are known to arrange appointments for the prostitutes with the male guards in exchange for a small return and there is no attempt to train the women to help them find some other form of employment when they are freed . |
29 | From Malton the Scots sent no fewer than nine men and eighteen horses to Bridlington to take as much bread , wine and beer as they wished in exchange for a somewhat qualified immunity . |
30 | The rogue called on the plaintiff next day and the watch and the ring were handed over to him in exchange for a building society cheque for the agreed amount . |