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 . ’
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