Example sentences of "return for " in BNC.
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1 | But the Martian Government has signed a contract guaranteeing weekly delivery to the Furus — the native tribes of Mars — in return for which the Furus work the red iron mines . |
2 | ‘ In return for a cessation of violence , amnesties have been granted to the Furs and a number of them are to be co-opted onto the Government . |
3 | But in return for its rich density of lovingly dwelt-on , almost novelistic detail , what you lose is any sense of a strong forward pulse or of the play 's irresistible sweep towards doom . |
4 | In return for assurances of service to a defined quality , franchised firms would enjoy benefits such as easier administration , devolved responsibility for some aspects of case management , and faster payment . |
5 | In return for financial support , Saatchi acquired an exclusive option to buy Information Consulting that would have to be exercised by June next year . |
6 | Instead of accepting the cash deal Pearl shareholders can sell their shares in return for AMP 's loan notes . |
7 | Britain told the Arabs they would receive independence in return for help in the struggle against the Turks . |
8 | A government statement said that 1,120 ‘ subversives ’ , the official term for the JVP , surrendered in the six days in return for rehabilitation and the promise of jobs . |
9 | Britain 's Ministry of Defence was instrumental in blocking GEC 's first attempt to merge with Plessey — and in extracting concessions in return for allowing GEC , in partnership with Siemens of West Germany , to acquire Plessey at the second bite . |
10 | Under the refinancing envisaged by Eurotunnel , private investors will be asked to raise up to £350m through a rights issue in return for the project 's banks agreeing to provide a further £1bn in loans . |
11 | The shares , priced at FFr72 ( 707p ) yesterday , represent a risky investment that even on the company 's own projections will not give a decent return for another 10 years . |
12 | GM is expected to take a key stake in Jaguar in return for substantial investment . |
13 | A five-day bargain return for car and two adults costs £84 . |
14 | The winter Short Trips to the Continent brochure also offers pre-Christmas shopping trips from Portsmouth to Le Havre , or Cherbourg , from £50 return for a car and four passengers . |
15 | Ostend Ferries : P&O European Ferries ( 0304 203388 ) has up to six sailings a day in each direction from Dover to Ostend , crossing time four hours ; a 60-hour return for a 4.5 metre car and two adults costs from £50 to £89 depending on sailing . |
16 | A 60-hour return for a 4.5 metre car and two adults costs from £50 to £89 , depending on sailing . |
17 | A 60-hour return for a car and two adults costs from £55 to £94 . |
18 | A 60-hour return for a 4.5 metre car and two adults costs from £47 to £84 , depending on day and time of travel . |
19 | Bonds are underwritten and sold to investors by a small group of banks in return for a fee from the issuer . |
20 | They rely for their existence on franchises awarded by the IBA , and pay a primary rental fee each year in return for the use of the IBA transmitters . |
21 | There was a good return for another American . |
22 | An important role will be deciding what a fair rate of return for the academics should be in any given project . |
23 | A variety of options for building the stake are being examined including an issue of new shares in return for GM injecting between £200m and £600m . |
24 | Holders of the prefs will forego dividends in return for 13.7 per cent compound growth over the trust 's seven years , thereby allowing the managers to increase dividends to ordinary shareholders who will hold two-thirds of the capital . |
25 | Brooks Marketing , which owns the Burke 's franchise , is offering about 10 per cent of its equity in return for £150,000 . |
26 | Bonn can plainly not afford the political price of continuing to shore up the German Democratic Republic with billions of Deutsche Marks unless in return for genuine reform . |
27 | More fundamental however , is the assumption that women who wear mini-skirts , accept lifts from strange men late at night or even offer casual sex in return for a ride , are therefore somehow inviting rape . |
28 | Fact File Hook of Holland Ferries : Sealink ( 0233 47047 ) has two sailings a day in each direction from Harwich to the Hook , crossing time around seven hours ; a 53-hour return for a car and two adults costs from £77 . |
29 | A 53-hour return for a 4.5m car and two adults costs from £80 . |
30 | Shown is an End-of-Year Return for an employee in not contracted-out employment paying standard-rate contributions . |