to live in safety

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Re: to live in safety

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1) --> in order FOR IT to be...
2)--->in order FOR THEM to be...
3) --> FOR THEM to live in safety
4) --> to be KEPT safe
5) ---> ASSIGNED a code IN ORDER FOR IT to be....

Without insertion of the semantically necessary words, the sentences have at best borderline acceptability.
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