Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] pay for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitt introduced income taxes to pay for the Napoleonic Wars . |
| 2 | You 've used , er , er , an underspend from this year rolled over , but you have n't increased the base budget to pay for the projection costs which came from erm , this year 's budget . |
| 3 | The idea that immigration can be discouraged by investment programmes paid for by the West and intended to make poor countries worth staying in can not possibly work , given the inconceivable sums of money which would be required , except — maybe — in eastern Europe . |
| 4 | Is it expected that that will be the embryo for a carbon tax to pay for more investment in renewable energies ? |
| 5 | If you overdraw your account without telling us , or if you exceed your CheckOver limit , there will be a £10 administration fee to pay for that quarter , for the additional work involved . |
| 6 | In 1987 a Sotheby 's appraiser valued the seriously damaged panels at $1.25 million , reaching that figure by dividing the auction price paid for a celebrated Thomas Hart Benton mural by three . |
| 7 | TENNIS legend Bjorn Borg has been served with a £21,000 a month maintenance claim to pay for his estranged wife 's household staff . |
| 8 | Well to-do visitors would have taken it as their right to be given a tour of the house and gardens as they travelled the country in past centuries — today visitors from all over the world come to Blenheim — their entrance fees paying for its up-keep . |
| 9 | A 6m zone stops 90% of walked in dirt , reducing maintenance costs of the floor covering beyond the Coral by 50% and the Coral Clean-off-Zone pays for itself in 6 months . |
| 10 | Grain and orchards do flourish in , for example , the Marathon plain , the market garden of modern Athens , but the inability of Attica as a whole to feed a large population gave the olive an additional role as an export , to be sent to south Russia to pay for Ukrainian corn . |
| 11 | Bank error blocks pay for 10,000 |
| 12 | Now in the same way over the four years when you are in overall control of the Council you suggested that Conservative money , the of council tax to pay for public transport but you never spent all the money on public transport , instead of which you on as you admitted which will be used in other directions but your last budget |
| 13 | Alan Jinkinson , the General Secretary of Britain 's biggest public services union , Nalgo , said : ‘ Singling out public sector workers to pay for his mistakes is discriminatory and unfair . |
| 14 | Before April 1 Council tenants paid for water and sewerage services along with their rents but under new arrangements payments should go direct to the water company . |
| 15 | This arises since patients are permitted to go anywhere for treatment , leaving the home authority to pay for this treatment , whether or not the authority considers such treatment necessary for that particular patient , whether or not that type of treatment figures in local priorities , and whether or not there are ‘ more deserving ’ cases within the authority . |
| 16 | A total of US$400,000,000 was raised on Dec. 11 , 1989 , for the Qatar General Petroleum Corporation to pay for development of the North Field — the world 's largest known gas reserve . |
| 17 | On moving house , Sun Life paid for employees and their families , travel expenses , removal expenses plus any storage charges for up to 13 weeks . |
| 18 | In Wales the amount of development plan grants paid for drainage increased 3.5 times , and for grassland improvement 3.2 times , between 1979/80 and 1982/83 compared with a rise of 74% for farm buildings ( the latter then attracting a much lower rate of grant ) . |
| 19 | Zambian mining company to pay for environmental damage |
| 20 | But were the Liberal Democrats not in favour of higher taxation — with their famous penny on basic rate income tax to pay for more education spending , and a new top rate of tax set at 50 per cent ? |
| 21 | Who has the guts to take the fair decision , the tough decision , to offer to put an extra penny on income tax to pay for education ? ’ etc etc . |
| 22 | The government needs some tax revenue to pay for national defence or its budget contribution to the European Community . |
| 23 | Government need tax revenue to pay for public goods and to make transfer payments to the poor . |
| 24 | ‘ Last year the Yorkshire committee paid for an extensive coaching programme for six weeks to help youngsters in the area who were predominantly of Pakistani and Indian background . |
| 25 | I think she undoubtedly added to the intrigue erm and difficulties of her court , erm one example , she was always getting people that she approved of , getting them plum jobs , and one example was one of the governors of Oxford , the most unpopular , one Sir Arthur Aston , who was so unpopular that he got attacked on the street , and then had to have a body guard paid for the city council , and then was curvetting on his horse in front of some ladies , and fell off and broke his leg so badly that he had to have it amputated , so from then on he had a wooden leg , erm that meant he had to stop being governor , and later on in the war , a countryman was coming into Oxford , and asked the sentinel ‘ who was governor still ’ , and by that time a friend of prince Rupert 's Sir William Leg was governor , and the answer was ‘ one Leg ’ , and the countryman 's reply was ‘ pox on him , is he governor still ? ’ . |
| 26 | Poverty is one problem which she has worked tirelessly to alleviate : ‘ Even the political right accepts the need for tax reform to pay for new housing ’ , she said . |
| 27 | The plan contained no hint of tax revenues to pay for all this and made only passing reference to budgetary requirements and credit policy . |
| 28 | Art Market : Record price paid for Islamic casket |
| 29 | This excellent result meant that the final cash dividend paid for the year ended 31st March 1993 was £0.5 million , compared with the £13.2 million which would have been payable if all shareholders had received the cash dividend . |
| 30 | In a new scheme , supported by Blue Cross Animal Care , Age Concern Pet Insurance pays for cost and treatment in excess of 10 per cent ( minimum £20 ) and up to a total of £1,250 for each accident and illness . |