Example sentences of "have pay a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of their frontality African figure sculptures are commonly photographed or drawn full face , concealing the fact that the sculptor has paid a great deal of attention to the profile view . |
| 2 | This is not a description that applies to WordStar alone — most of the Windows based word processors aspire to this kind of characterization , but WordStar as a company has paid a great deal of attention to the graphics side of the equation , and this includes fiddling with text to get the most impact from it . |
| 3 | But Egypt has paid a heavy price for its hubris . |
| 4 | Earlier this year she won an award for an outstanding contribution to theatre writing.Her husband Jeremy has paid a moving tribute to his wife , in a statement he said , She was to quote Wordsworth , ’ My heart 's best treasure ’ |
| 5 | The wildlife kingdom has paid a high price for supplying man with food and products ; classic examples of this are whaling , the ivory trade , fur coats , tortoise shell and reptile skins used for handbags and shoes . |
| 6 | There is no doubt she feels that she has paid a high price for her royal life and looks forward to the day when she can spend a weekend in Paris or , as she says , ‘ I can run along a beach without a policeman following me ’ . |
| 7 | This country has paid a high price for that in lost jobs , lost homes and bankrupt businesses because of the effects of the Government 's economic policy . |
| 8 | She had n't mentioned that she 'd paid a previous visit to the house . |
| 9 | But you 're paying for it in your tax , you you 'd paid a whopping subsidy on it , it 's a big con . |
| 10 | this is the story of my life now in the bathroom I have had , I have had to pay a hundred pounds to Mr Butcher the plumber to put in a new shower thing because that was cheap and rough and eventually wore out should never have been put in . |
| 11 | The existing 100% Custom fees will be abolished , but all those wanting to sell Russian art abroad will have to pay a varying sum to the Federal National Heritage Service for such a permission . |
| 12 | The maximum grant is £270 , and you will have to pay a fixed contribution towards the cost , up to a maximum of £15 . |
| 13 | If you pay-in at a branch of a different bank from your own you will probably have to pay a small fee at the counter . |
| 14 | Everybody in the region would have to pay a new tax towards a regional assembly based on Tyneside and dominated by Labour politicians . |
| 15 | From Wednesday people allowing their dogs to stray will have to pay a new fee of £25 on top of the existing boarding charges if they want to retrieve their animal . |
| 16 | X/Open said it very much hopes Novell will join its menagerie , but hinted it would have to pay a significant amount for the pleasure . |
| 17 | So whilst many innovative cosmetics will be costly , you do n't always have to pay a high price for high tech beauty buys . |
| 18 | The higher rate of tax is 40 per cent for 1993/94 and , in an appropriate case , the settlor may have to pay a further £5 in tax . |
| 19 | ‘ But for SeaCat the Northern Ireland public would still be travelling in mundane vessels and having to pay a hefty price for the privilege . ’ |
| 20 | He 'd have paid a small army of little boys a penny or two a day to run up and down the hill with buckets of the stuff . ’ |
| 21 | The peasant , says Lancaster , would thus seem to have paid a high price for protection from foreign invasion and for increasing immunity from epidemics : which probably represented the principal benefits derived from the French occupation . |
| 22 | Officially , he was supposed to have escaped by sliding down bedsheets from an upper window , but the truth is that CNN 's vice president , Ed Turner — no relation to Ted Turner — had to pay a hefty ransom for him . |
| 23 | Legislation covering the conduct of elections , adopted at the same time , included the stipulation that presidential candidates had to pay a non-repayable deposit of CFA1,000,000 ( US$3,700 ) . |
| 24 | And you 've paid a thousand pound for it , so he 's making all this profit all the time ! |
| 25 | ‘ We 've paid a heavy price for our mistakes this season and I ca n't explain it any other way than to say it 's bad luck . |
| 26 | Although she subsequently indicated that she intended to institute divorce proceedings , the mother subsequently returned to Australia after the husband had paid a second visit to England . |
| 27 | He had kept his youth and beauty , but he had paid a terrible price for it . |
| 28 | Since the reign of Henry VII , the French King had paid a substantial sum to England , which was increased to 150,000 francs per annum when Tournai was returned to France in 1519 . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Lumumba had paid a brief visit to the UN . |
| 30 | I wondered what memories were passing through the minds of the other members of the group , especially those that 50 years earlier had paid a flying visit to Norway in rather different circumstances . |