And what did the Irish company provide in return?
What help General Ji may have provided in return has not been disclosed.
Distance learning provides the luxury of being able to cross continents as you shop around, and you should compare carefully what institutions are providing in return for the fees they charge.
As part of this action, the Bloomberg and Pataki administrations and the Yankees organization promised the community not only that the parks would be replaced, but also that even more parkland would be provided in return.
They felt that the 111 detached houses would appeal to younger buyers and the 82 town houses, which came with outside maintenance provided in return for a monthly fee, would appeal to older couples.
Alarmist talk, but we need to raise our game, draw clearer boundaries about what our society expects from all its citizens, what it can provide in return, and what it will not tolerate.
With the end of the Cold War in the 1990s, Mobutu lost much of the Western financial support that had been provided in return for his intervention in the affairs of Zaire's neighbours.
Though no details have been released, judging by his previous contract with EMI and the kind of deal structures his management prefers, it's likely to be more of a partnership – a multi-rights deal in which Williams would've picked the services he'd like Universal to provide in return for "shares" in the "company" that is Robbie Williams.
Other new entries used by English-speakers in east Asia include "compensated dating", a Hong Kong phrase that refers to a relationship provided in return for cash or gifts, and "Chinese helicopter", a Singaporean who was educated in Mandarin and has little knowledge of English.
The deal, as presented to us in the End User Licence Agreement, was this: you exchange some of your privacy (in the form of personal information) for the wonderful free services that we (Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype, etc) provide in return.
