Example sentences of "in [pron] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listing particulars are required to contain all such information as investors and their professional advisers would reasonably require and reasonably expect to find in them for the purpose of making an informed assessment of the assets , liabilities , financial position , profits , losses and prospects of the issuing company and the rights attaching to its securities . |
| 2 | Given recent reductions in the rate of personal taxation , there is now little fiscal benefit to be obtainedthough in any case that should have been regarded as an incidental benefit and not a justification in itself for the establishment of such a company . |
| 3 | ‘ He may have some kind of interest in you for the moment , little make-up lady , but , believe me , it wo n't last . |
| 4 | 1938 Caption — ‘ And do I put in one for the urn ? ’ |
| 5 | We 're in the happy position of not needing any more money , so for the first time the bosses are n't in it for the profit . |
| 6 | It comes naturally to some people , but there should be night-school classes in it for the rest of us . |
| 7 | I 'm only in it for the fund-raising ! |
| 8 | Perhaps a crewman stumbles , it could be the gloop is n't hot enough , maybe there is n't enough pepper in it for the cook 's liking . |
| 9 | A new product release , for example , might be angled for the consumer media along the lines of the second release given above for Brand A. But for the retail trade press much more emphasis will need to be given to discounts , special promotions and advertising — in fact , full details of what 's in it for the retailer . |
| 10 | What 's in it for the nurse ? |
| 11 | I know we got a mention in it for the museum and that was , oh did you get your keepsake ? |
| 12 | It is good work , this , Angus , it is bringing the thing home to plenty folk who have only been in it for the furore so far , for the chance to squeeze their girls in the crowd and all that kind of thing . |
| 13 | The syllabus for modern languages in the GCSE is very full ; but there is no place in it for the teaching of grammar . |
| 14 | They 're in it for the love of the game . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's been a reversal to bands saying , ‘ We 're just in it for the music ’ , and we 're not like that at all . |
| 16 | In that case the buyer of a new Nissan car had had it for less than three weeks and had made two or three short journeys in it for the purpose of trying it out , before the engine seized up because of a latent manufacturing fault . |
| 17 | What 's in it for the developer ? |
| 18 | He was then taken outside and made to dig a grave in the rocky , frozen ground , which took about three hours , before sleeping in it for the night . |
| 19 | Kim 's only in it for the money . |
| 20 | I think that the other side of that is that not everyone in private provision is in it for the money . |
| 21 | And there 's another side to that which is that some people in the statutory provision are in it for the money , for their careers , for empire building and so on . |
| 22 | ‘ I agree , but then he was only in it for the money . |
| 23 | Besides , there 's nothing in it for the family . ’ |
| 24 | Private court patronage was not just a reserve of employment for members of a political interest , however , for there was danger in it for the patron . |
| 25 | But that may happen to you anywhere , if there is any profit in it for the criminal . ’ |
| 26 | she 's obviously in it for the bet . |
| 27 | What I really want is to meet someone who I can have a bit of fun with , but who is in it for the pleasure and does n't want paying . |
| 28 | One senior minister said : ‘ There was nothing in it for the Right . ’ |
| 29 | One senior minister said : ‘ There was nothing in it for the Right . ’ |
| 30 | But what is in it for the female ? |