Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] return for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An economist would frame this question in terms of a cost-benefit analysis : the maximisation of returns for the minimum amount of effort injected . |
| 2 | However , it is sadly the case that it is still true that there are er a number of landlords around who tend to control a lot of property , who er are charging er absurdly and unreasonably high rents in return for an appalling service . |
| 3 | In summer 1984 the Commission of the EC agreed to suspend legal proceedings against IBM in return for the following main concessions : |
| 4 | Such a company should be empowered to carry out these duties in return for an annual management charge to cover : |
| 5 | For example , a sub-contractor on a building site may agree to do some work for the developer in return for a certain sum of money to be paid when the work is finished . |
| 6 | Soft commissions are payments in the form of portfolio valuation , computer hardware and software , to fund managers by brokers in return for a certain amount of business each year . |
| 7 | ‘ Some savers like term shares where they tie their money up for a set period in return for a limited guarantee regarding the interest , ’ says Willis . |
| 8 | Alternatively , major capital projects would be undertaken by private sector contractors who would finance and build the assets in question , operate them for a specified period in return for an agreed fee and then transfer them to the commissioning authority . |
| 9 | While the agreement with the Ringaskiddy residents that they would allow interim dumping of Raybestos ' waste in return for a future advance factory provided a short-term solution for the current crisis , a final solution was needed for the toxic waste produced in Cork . |
| 10 | During the talks Mubarak became the first Arab leader to accept the US suggestion that the Arab countries should drop their economic boycott of Israel in return for an Israeli freeze on its settlement activities . |
| 11 | The EFTA countries , the richest countries in Europe as a group , would be granted a privileged relationship in return for a full share in the burden of supporting the economic development of Eastern and Southern Europe . |
| 12 | Employers were prepared to tolerate these rights and provisions in return for a profitable economic environment . |
| 13 | Labour 's first fifteen months back in office — the era of the Social Contract between government and unions , the partnership meant to curb soaring inflation in return for an improved ‘ social wage ’ — was a very one-sided affair . |
| 14 | Khrushchev 's first reaction to the naval quarantine was to denounce it as " outright banditry " ; but two days later he halted five ships outside the quarantine zone and sent Kennedy a letter offering to remove the missiles in return for a public pledge that the USA would not invade Cuba . |
| 15 | You may have a bed for the night in return for an honest evening 's work , for help with cooking and cleaning and what must be prepared in my simple home . ’ |
| 16 | Many children and teenagers ‘ earn ’ their rides by mucking out , grooming , cleaning tack or perhaps leading beginners in return for the occasional free ride . |
| 17 | This expropriation took the form of tithes , taxes and labour in kind in return for the physical protection of the people living on the land by the noble landowners . |
| 18 | Mr Henry Kissinger has proposed a new East-West deal under which the Russians would give Eastern Europe more freedom in return for a western promise not to make trouble for Russia there . |
| 19 | We will give schools increased administrative support in return for the wider opening of their facilities to the local community . |
| 20 | Compensation for the loss of goodwill payments may be offered inter alia by : ( 1 ) consultancy arrangements , which guarantee the outgoing partner an income in return for a reduced work load , but do not survive his death and therefore can not benefit his dependants ; ( 2 ) annuities for himself and his family payable out of the firm 's profits , which are fiscally unattractive and can place undue strain on the firm 's finances ; and ( 3 ) guaranteeing the partner nearing retirement a generous level of income overriding , in a bad year , his strict entitlement under the agreed profit sharing ratios ; but the reluctance of younger partners to accept such arrangement may easily be imagined . |
| 21 | The pupils were evidently prepared , despite their protests , to accept this physical means of censure in return for the continued excitement of being noisy and abusive . |
| 22 | If a very close relative offers to lend you the money in return for an interest-free repayment of the loan , take up the offer , if you know that he or she genuinely will not miss the money . |
| 23 | The government also laid down target rates of return for the commercial sectors , that is freight , parcels and Intercity . |
| 24 | This saving is used to acquire and manage a portfolio of assets which yields a sufficient return to pay pensions and insurance claims , as well as providing a working rate of return for the financial institution . |
| 25 | It is but then er there are many schemes that er we have that do n't have as good a rate of return as the the blue route , that is an extremely healthy economic rate of return for the outer northern blue route . |
| 26 | Later that month an ambiguous assembly in the king 's chamber granted a subsidy of one eighth and a fifth and a wool prise of 8000 sacks in return for a royal promise to confirm the charters . |
| 27 | You shall have your silver and your news in return for a safe trip upstream to Talisker 's Rivergate . ’ |
| 28 | On Aug. 28 Carlos Lehder Rivas , a former Medellín " drugs baron " currently serving a life sentence [ see p. 36278 ] , had agreed to testify against Noriega in return for a possible reduction of his prison sentence . |
| 29 | For them the death in our family is the result of their successful and fully justified vengeance-magic in return for an earlier killing in their family . |
| 30 | Parents will need to see gains in their children 's learning in return for the extra efforts that they are expected to make . |