Example sentences of "in [pers pn] for the [noun] " 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 | ‘ He may have some kind of interest in you for the moment , little make-up lady , but , believe me , it wo n't last . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It comes naturally to some people , but there should be night-school classes in it for the rest of us . |
| 5 | This is to inform you all that me and my Companions have Unanamously agreed and likewise made Oath to Each other that if There is not a speedy Altaration made for the Good of the poore that you have corn thinking to make your fortunes of shall have it burnt to the Ground whether it Be in Stacks or Barns for the fire that took place Last Week was but the begining of your Troble , we know every Stack of Corn about this Country , and Every Barn that hath Corn concealed in it for the Purpos of starving the Poore But we are Determind if thare is to Be Starvation it shall be a General thing not a parcial one for both Gentle and Simple shall Starve if any Do . |
| 6 | I 'm only in it for the fund-raising ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | What 's in it for the businesses ? |
| 10 | What 's in it for the businesses is this : at the moment they can see Eastern Europe as an emerging market , but it 's very difficult to get in there because the hard cash and the skills that they need do n't exist in those countries , but they want to do something , they want to demonstrate their interest , they want to make contact , and what Enterprise Europe gives them is the opportunity to make a good business contact amongst one the young generation of er of business leaders in those countries er in order , and keep those contacts in order that when they do have an opportunity to go into those markets they 've got some young people there to start off with . |
| 11 | What 's in it for the nurse ? |
| 12 | I know we got a mention in it for the museum and that was , oh did you get your keepsake ? |
| 13 | This was not the rich pap of the commercial world and there was little money in it for the artists . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The syllabus for modern languages in the GCSE is very full ; but there is no place in it for the teaching of grammar . |
| 16 | They 're in it for the love of the game . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's been a reversal to bands saying , ‘ We 're just in it for the music ’ , and we 're not like that at all . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | What 's in it for the developer ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Kim 's only in it for the money . |
| 22 | I think that the other side of that is that not everyone in private provision is in it for the money . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I agree , but then he was only in it for the money . |
| 25 | Put a couple of holes in it for the legs . |
| 26 | Besides , there 's nothing in it for the family . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It 's just as well — I cut two holes in it for the ears ! |
| 29 | What is in it for the fluke ? |
| 30 | But what is in it for the wasps ? |