Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] return for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Northend ( Inspector of Taxes ) v White and Leonard and Corbin Greener and Others ( The Times , 26th February 1975 ) , a firm of solicitors receiving interest on a general client account with a bank was held in this case not to be entitled to earned income relief in respect of the interest because it had not been earned in return for professional services and was not ‘ immediately derived ’ from the carrying on of their profession . |
| 2 | Some two dozen of his tenants were re-housed in new brick , thatched houses , each with its own garden , and he was careful to look after their employment , health and education needs in return for steady work , church attendance and sober habits . |
| 3 | There are more than a few Hungarians who would happily revert to the good old days of Kadarism , when the Hungarian president , Janos Kadar ( 1956–1986 ) , offered the ‘ cheeriest barracks ’ in eastern Europe a relatively high standard of living in return for political passivity . |
| 4 | Syria was asked to consider what it would give in return for Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights . |
| 5 | On Nov. 20 , 1990 , the government announced an agreement with the trade unions , estimated to cost A$1,000 million per year , whereby it would increase tax cuts in return for continued wage restraint . |
| 6 | English Nature , the UK government 's official conservation agency , has launched a new pilot scheme aimed at persuading occupiers and owners of Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) to adopt conservationist practises in return for annual payments . |
| 7 | The principal advantage of a share option scheme , approved by the Revenue under the Finance Act 1984 , is that key personnel can be rewarded with an equity holding in return for continuing loyalty and enterprise . |
| 8 | In theory Syria could resettle many more , including the refugees in Lebanon , which Meir Pa'il proposes it resettles in return for Israeli acquiescence in Syria 's incorporation of Lebanon . |
| 9 | His dismissal angered senior police chiefs who saw it as yet another concession from Gaviria to drug cartel chiefs , who had surrendered in return for reduced prison sentences [ see pp. 37914 ; 37957-58 ; 38283 ] . |
| 10 | This may be considered a kind of ‘ deal ’ made with society and other organisations , in which self-determination is allowed in return for high standards of service . |