Example sentences of "[modal v] pay the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , the principle that the Duke of Westminster should pay the same tax as someone on below average earnings , despite relief for the very poor , was simply unacceptable to a wide spectrum of the electorate . |
| 2 | Sales taxes are usually ‘ regressive ’ because every customer must pay the same tax , regardless of their ability to pay . |
| 3 | Again such taxes discriminate against the poor because everyone must pay the same regardless of their actual wealth . |
| 4 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |
| 5 | For record companies , it now became a question of who could pay the most money to secure the most in-demand acts . |
| 6 | ‘ Local authorities have an independent responsibility from 1 April and it is less than satisfactory for them to say they will pay the same rates as central government , ’ he said . |
| 7 | However , critics point to the regressive nature of the community charge — apart from specified categories who will receive exemption or discounts ( for example , students ) everyone in an area will pay the same regardless of income — and the difficulties and expense of administration and collection . |
| 8 | The state will pay the same price for the electricity as it pays to hydroelectric power stations , while the capital cost of the generators will be born by the distilleries , saving the state the US$8,000 million cost of a new 3,000-MW hydroelectric power station . |