Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] pay the " in BNC.
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1 | Five , inward investment activities to pay the deed . |
2 | In the latter half of the eighteenth century parish vestries ( the local ‘ council ’ ) were often prepared to order general inoculations when smallpox was abroad locally , and the Poor Law Overseers paid the fees of paupers ( up to a third of the village ) . |
3 | Because insufficient allowances were allocated , the union argues , the local education authorities used much of the money that should have been paid in incentive allowances to classroom teachers to pay the senior staff their incentive entitlements . |
4 | Capital Bonds pay the equivalent of 9 per cent a year before tax if you leave the money invested for five years . |
5 | The tax 's defenders point out that only between a third and a half of church members pay the levy , and then only in proportion to their incomes . |
6 | Stanley , who gets hotel jobs to pay the rent , admitted : ‘ All the upheaval may seem strange to other people . ’ |