Example sentences of "return for [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return for recognising the legality of the police practice of detaining suspects after arrest , but before charge , the Act attempts to give some protection to the suspect by imposing time limits on the period of detention , by introducing a system of review to ensure that detention remains necessary and by introducing a series of statutory rights supervised by the custody officer , and a Code of Practice on Detention and Questioning . |
| 2 | More importantly , in return for supporting the Government they also extracted a promise that Scotland 's representation on this potentially very powerful body will comprise at least one representative of each of Scotland 's four major parties . |
| 3 | And they claim another woman in the room had drug charges against her dropped in return for supporting the prosecution case . |
| 4 | On his arrival in Australia the unnamed chestnut colt was a tall , ungainly and unsightly animal with no hint of quality , and Davis so regretted his outlay , however modest , that the only way Telford could keep the horse in training was to make an arrangement with Davis whereby Telford himself took a three-year lease on the horse , taking two thirds of any prize money won in return for footing the training bill . |
| 5 | English Nature has signed an agreement with Fisons plc , under which key areas of lowland peat bogs are to be saved from peat extraction in return for allowing the company to continue its operations in other areas . |
| 6 | Under the agreement between English Nature and the Fisons chemical company , the country 's main peat producer , around 8,000 acres of peat bogs would be saved from extraction in return for allowing the company to continue its operations in other areas . |
| 7 | In a unanimous ruling the court deemed that the couple 's acceptance of $170,000 from Wedtech , in return for assisting the corporation to win federal contracts , did not amount to extortion . |
| 8 | The visitor was often allowed to pull the press and , at least in some places , in return for watching the setting of the type and the privilege of carrying away the souvenir , was expected to buy beer for the workmen . |
| 9 | This gives an actual return for holding the CD for 90 days of £2,406.41 . |
| 10 | In return for holding the party , the agent gets a fee or commission ( a percentage of the price ) on goods sold . |
| 11 | In return for accepting the Governor 's supervision of the financial sector , a provision was included recognizing Montserrat 's right to self-determination and an article giving certain legislative powers to the Governor was dropped [ see p. 37145 ] . |
| 12 | In return for accepting the Governor 's supervision of the financial sector , a provision was included recognizing Montserrat 's right to self-determination . |
| 13 | In return for guaranteeing the sale of the whole Treasury Bill issue , the discount houses have the privilege of borrowing from the Bank of England as ‘ lender of last resort ’ . |
| 14 | Understandably , despite such possible complexity , the purchaser will not be interested in the legal semantics of how the contracts are to be transferred but will be interested in two main practical concerns : firstly , in receiving the benefit of the contracts in return for performing the burden and secondly , in not paying for a contract if the purchaser can not benefit from it . |
| 15 | Her feet felt sharp and heavy and round ; her toes like horn ) , and implored her to set her any task , she 'd undertake any ordeal , in return for restoring the bird to human shape and then setting him free . |
| 16 | The ISE abolished minimum commissions at the end of 1986 in a deal with the Government in return for withdrawing the referral to the Restrictive Practices Court . |
| 17 | The key idea was to propose that in return for conceding the right of the state to conscript manpower , Labour should demand the ‘ Conscription of Riches ’ . |
| 18 | It was , moreover , a particularly inconvenient time to create any appearance of associating with Jacobitism , for the election of a member of parliament in the Montrose interest , Graham of Killearn , was in dispute , and it would be a bad bargain to lose a parliamentary seat in return for securing the collection of supply to a Jacobite , however needy . |
| 19 | The issue in this case is whether an original lessee , or an intermediate assignee of a lease , who has given a direct covenant to pay the rent and observe the covenants , is released from liability following an agreement between the lessor and the occupying assignee of the lease under which the lessor takes a surrender of the lease and some of the assignee 's goods in return for releasing the assignee from all claims under the lease ? |
| 20 | In Wales , the nationalists , Plaid Cymru , have been praised by its national newspaper , the Western Mail , for winning a package from the Welsh Secretary , David Hunt , in return for backing the Government on Maastricht . |
| 21 | ‘ In the past , a season ticket effectively reserved a space in the central portion of the car park , in return for paying the fee in advance . |