Example sentences of "in exchange for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut , then Army C.-in-C. , ended the crisis on Feb. 2 when he persuaded the dockworkers to return to work in exchange for the government reconsidering the privatization issue . |
| 2 | The duties of seller and buyer under an open sale contract are " concurrent conditions " so that , if the contract is silent , " the seller must be ready and willing to give possession of the goods to the buyer in exchange for the price , and the buyer must be ready and willing to pay the price in exchange for possession of the goods " ( SGA 1979 , s28 ) . |
| 3 | This culminated in late March with a visit to Moscow by Ozawa as LDP secretary-general , during which it was strongly rumoured that Japan had offered a US$26,000 million cash , loans and aid package in exchange for the return of the islands . |
| 4 | A non-confrontational policy designed to persuade drug cartel leaders to surrender in exchange for the banning of their extradition to stand trial in the USA had some success in Colombia [ see pp. 37772 ; 37851 ; 37957-58 ; 38345 ] . |
| 5 | Next day I was a second rigger on a Vickers Victoria — a large troop carrier known as the " flying pig " because of its girth , The squadron had a general purpose role and just how general call be gauged by my first flight , which was only a couple of days later — to deliver a coffin-like box to RAF Shaibah near Basra , The journey only took a few hours , On arrival the coffin was decanted and refilled with ice and shark meat in exchange for the pork we had brought from the squadron pig firm . |
| 6 | This gave the Serbs control of most of a corridor across northern Bosnia linking Serbia proper with the Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK — the Serb areas in Croatia ) and was rumoured to have been part of a deal with Croatia in exchange for the army 's withdrawal from Prevlaka [ see above ] . |
| 7 | ‘ The requirement that consideration must move from the promisee is most generally satisfied where some detriment is suffered by him : for example , where he parts with money or goods , or renders services , in exchange for the promise . |
| 8 | The ‘ social contract ’ arrangements , whereby the Labour leadership hoped to secure voluntary wage restraint in exchange for the repeal of the Industrial Relations Act , food subsidies , a rent freeze and other measures , were developing in somewhat shaky manner . |
| 9 | Under the terms of the deal , which marked the first direct trading contact between the two Korean states since the Korean War of 1950-53 , the North would supply 30,000 tonnes of anthracite and 11,000 tonnes of cement in exchange for the rice . |
| 10 | The organiser of the chosen rally should issue a ticket to their event free of charge , in exchange for the voucher . |
| 11 | This charge can be deferred where the shares in Target are distributed to a newly formed company in exchange for the issue of shares in the Newco to management ( see s139 TCGA 1992 ) , instead of being distributed directly to management . |
| 12 | However , there is no statutory exclusion of corporation tax on chargeable gains deriving from the distributing company 's disposal of the shares in Target , unless a " triangular " distribution is effected whereby the shares in target are distributed to a Newco in exchange for the issue of shares in Newco to the distributing company shareholders , under s139 TCGA 1992 . |
| 13 | The second exemption is contained in s103(5) which provides that a valuer 's report is not required where the allotment is made by the company in connection with its proposed merger with another company , ie where one of the companies proposes to acquire all the assets ( and liabilities ) of the other in exchange for the issue of shares or other securities of that one to shareholders of the other , with or without any cash payment to shareholders . |
| 14 | The old man was delighted with the packet of cigarettes Sid had given him in exchange for the cider . |
| 15 | If they gave up territories in exchange for the surrender of Aquitaine , these would have to be held feudally in dependence of the crown of France . |
| 16 | But leave him there alone and snared for as long as ten days , and yes , if he had by then any secrets left , he would confide them all in exchange for the air of the great court , and the music of the Office . |
| 17 | The Quebec clause , giving Britain a veto over an American use of the atomic bomb against third parties , was dropped in exchange for the release of Britain from the clause restricting her commercial exploitation of atomic energy . |
| 18 | ‘ … free People today announced what they are demanding in exchange for the release of Liam Shakespeare . |
| 19 | All had been part of the Reagan-Bush administration which illegally sold arms to Iran in exchange for the release of US hostages held in Lebanon . |
| 20 | Oliver North to Iran , travelling on Irish passports , to organize the sale of TOW missiles and launchers to the Iranian government in exchange for the release of American hostages ; details of money transfers and bank accounts , with dates and places — most of it based on incidents and conversations that could only have been known to the Iranian or American negotiators . |
| 21 | On Dec. 22 , 1989 , a senior West German official announced that 28 West German secret agents and 90 political prisoners ( mostly imprisoned for trying to flee the country ) had been released from East German prisons and sent to West Germany in exchange for the release of two former senior West German government secretaries , Elke Falk [ see p. 36046 ] and Margret Hocke , who had " spied for love " , and two East German agents . |
| 22 | Grand jury documents relating to the forthcoming trial of former Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger showed that , at a Reagan Cabinet meeting in January 1986 , Bush had voted in favour of secretly selling missiles to Iran in exchange for the release of US hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon . |
| 23 | Extreme right-wing groups offered support in exchange for the release of imprisoned right-winger , General Salan . |
| 24 | Roland had once asked her if he could help in the garden , in exchange for the right to sit there sometimes . |
| 25 | VOLVO is taking a £2.4billion stake in the Swedish state-controlled industrial conglomerate , Procordia , in exchange for the motor giant 's Provendor food division and a 29 per cent holding in the Pharmacia drugs company . |
| 26 | For example , in most work situations in our capitalist world the employer gives money in exchange for the employee 's labour . |
| 27 | A classic ( or , more accurately , notorious ) example was the Centre Point agreement under which a large increase in density was allowed in exchange for the planning gain of land for road purposes . |
| 28 | In essence the developer pays a sum of money to the landowner in exchange for the landowner agreeing to sell the land at an agreed price , within a defined period . |
| 29 | In exchange for the postponement the opposition agreed to back until May 1 a wage freeze and a ban on strikes because of the serious economic and political situation . |
| 30 | The Senate voted by 53 to 45 on July 17 to increase the annual pay of senators by $23,200 to $125,100 in exchange for the prohibition of its members accepting honoraria for speeches to special interest groups . |